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lynxlace.com Bobbin Lace 1559-1700 © Lorelei Halley 2009 |
One rarely finds laces earlier than 1700 in private collections. So where I can find laces of that time period on the internet, I will put in links.
| These are from LePompe 1559, worked by myself from woodcuts. These laces were precursors to Genoese. | ||||
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| 102 lh Design from LePompe | 115 lh Design from LePompe | |||
This collar lace is similar in date to LePompe, probably mid 16th century to early 17th century. http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736695890/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/
These are from the mid 1600s: http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736058269/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736692644/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/
Santina Levey does not distinguish between old Valenciennes and old Binche: since the towns were very close together, they were both making the same laces. The distinction only becomes important with Revival Era laces c.1900.
| Very early Val/Binche late 1600s | |||
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| 496 IT | 499 IT | ||
If you compare very early Brussels to Flemish tape laces, you will see they are very close. But Brussels begins to use motifs which require extra threads to be hung in and later cut out. There is more careful shaping of these motifs as time goes on. See Pottenkant for photos of Flemish & Milanese tape laces. Compare to 18th c Brussels Brabant Bath Brussels and 19th c Duchesse. bkmk
| These are very early Brussels, c. 1690-1710 | ||||
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| 157 bn | 719 lh | reverse | ||
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Abbreviations Lace Terminology
Bobbin Lace Introduction Bobbin 2 structural classes Bobbin lace history overview
Pottenkant/Milanese 18th c. Napoleonic era
19th c Straight Bar Lace 19th c Straight Mesh Lace 19th c Part Lace
Revival Era Part Lace
Revival Era Straight Lace
New Revival Era Lace