Category Archives: Making & Identifying Lace

Lace of the Month: Regency Point – March 2011

Posted on March 1, 2011 by lacenews

April 4, 2011 – some revisions May 22, 2015 – added two more ‘gimpless’ examples, and one more ‘Regency’ example. I’m much indebted to the authors of “A Regency Collection, Part One, A Very English Lace” for help on this … Continue reading →

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Lace of the Month: Reticella – February 2011

Posted on February 8, 2011 by lacenews

The lace for February is a Reticella border with Punto in Aria points, 55″ x 8-1/2″. The 15 large points alternate with 14 smaller ones, and there are three smaller points up the left side. Many such laces retain the … Continue reading →

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Lace of the Month: Bucks – January 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011 by lacenews

A striking floral Buckinghamshire design, 5″ wide. How does one tell Bucks point ground lace from all the other CTTT laces? Here are a few clues mentioned in literature, although drawing generalities too broadly can be dangerous. Local variations are … Continue reading →

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On the Internet: Tunisian Chebka Lace

Posted on December 29, 2010 by lacenews

3″ wide insertion of a typical Chebka diamond pattern from my collection. Probably made for the European market. A very beautiful example combined with ‘Venise’ rosettes as described in the “Dentelles & Broderies Tunisiennes” book can be seen at http://textilecollection.wisc.edu/featured_collections.html. … Continue reading →

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Lace of the Month: Point d’Alençon – December 2010

Posted on November 30, 2010 by lacenews

The inspiration for this month’s featured lace comes from an email I received from lacemaker Carolyn Wetzel regarding discussions on the Needlelace Talk forum – my thanks to her and the list participants for pointing this out. On November 16, … Continue reading →

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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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On the Internet: Puncetto Valsesiano

Posted on September 6, 2010 by lacenews

   May 25, 2014 – revised and updated this post. Israeli artist Avital Pinnick has recently posted very useful information on Puncetto Valsesiano. She has developed a step-by-step series of instructions demonstrating the technique – the site currently has nine … Continue reading →

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Competitions: 2011 IOLI Lace Contest – Threads of History – Entries due July 11, 2011

Posted on September 1, 2010 by lacenews

Sponsored by the International Old Lacers, Inc., USA “Threads of History should be interpreted as the people, places, and events that made up the history of the United States. Entries will be accepted in two categories: ‘original design’ and ‘technical … Continue reading →

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