Would one consider a piece of French needle lace with a Brides tortillee mesh to be Alencon or Argentan? Also, I don't really understand how it was made. With Alencon, you do needle lace stitches across a row, then you whip back. But in the case of the Brides tortillee all the sides are whipped. Is there an easy and logical way to do this? It is supposed to be a time saver.
Also, Levey says, p. 54, "The mesh of twisted buttonhole stitches worked across laid threads, which is now associated with Alencon seems not to have been adopted widely until about 1750, when patterns again decreased in size and when crisper, heavier lace returned to favor." How would one recognize if the mesh were made this way? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
