Category Archives: About the featured lace

Each month I post a photo of a piece of lace as the header to the LaceNews blog, along with a separate article discussing the featured item in detail. I don’t have a separate category to post articles on specific types of laces, and may never get one since things seem to be working well with the present structure. The pieces illustrated are all from my own collection.

Lace of the Month: Spanish Guipure – November 2010

Posted on November 7, 2010 by lacenews

Click on the photo for a closeup view. November’s lace is a tribute to my recent visit to Spain, where I learned a little about the vastly complex subject of guipure laces. The example shown is a 9″ wide Spanish … Continue reading →

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Lace of the Month: Belgian Needlelace – October 2010

Posted on October 7, 2010 by lacenews

The photo for October 2010 is a 19th century Belgian needlelace border 6″ wide. There are some widely held misconceptions of Belgian needlelace of this period. Too often people think only of the multi-layered rose petals combined with a romantic … Continue reading →

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Lace of the Month: 18th Century Valenciennes – September 2010

Posted on October 6, 2010 by lacenews

This is the first header posted for LaceNews, and represents one of my favorite laces. Unfortunately I lost my original posting on this, so am trying to recreate it for the archives. It is an 18th century  Valenciennes border dating … Continue reading →

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