Featured Handmade lace?

48" x 15". Is this handmade lace?

Also looking for keywords for the style, etc.

Thanks!

 

Yes, handmade - a form of needle lace, worked with just a needle and thread.

 

Beautiful !!

 

It's been a long time since I've looked at lace, but I would have thought this was bobbin made (was never any good at identifying what style, though).

 

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Second vote for a bobbin lace.
Pretty!
If you have the time, here's a good resource for bobbin lace types.

 

There is something niggling at the back of my brain about the circled bits below -- making me wonder if this is machine made. But I haven't been able to do any more than feel the niggle and it may be completely off.

There used to be a couple of really good lace people on the textiles board at eboo, but I have no idea if they're still there.

 

I am not a lace expert, but one of the reasons I think this is handmade are the cloth-like sections. In these, the threads curve and travel in different directions. On machine-made lace, these sections tend to be at consistent angles, all horizontal and vertical. Most, (though not all), machine made laces are made on a ground of machine made netting, which this piece does not have.
Needle lace would start with a series of foundation/outline threads pinned out on a pattern, and then the designs worked around them much like darning. In Lucille's lace, you can see thicker, plaited threads forming the basic pattern, with finer threads then interwoven to create the designs.
A helpful site:
http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf

 

That's a fair observation.

But I'm still with bobbin lace, not needle. Having a thicker thread (gimp) is not unusual in bobbin lace -- however, I think what you're seeing as a thicker thread is actually two threads twisted.

 

Yes, that is what I meant by "plaited". I suppose plaiting would argue for bobbin work.
I can't tell from photos if the fiber is cotton or linen, which might be another clue.

 

I'm trying to think if there is a needle lace pattern with zero buttonhole stitch and it's been too long... just checked and my lace books are in the bottom box of the stack.

Can't do it.

So, I'm firmly in the bobbin lace camp, but have exhausted my ability to speak intelligently on the topic.

 

Likewise.

 

The thicker snake-like parts remind me of tape lace ... Joy.

 

Gosh, it sure is lovely !! .. Joy.

 

Didn't realize there were more responses here.

Thanks to everyone for the help trying to ID this!

I'm truly hopeless with fabrics types. I have neighbor who knows fabric and does quilting, she can probably help with the type of fabric.

Meanwhile, at 48"x15" would this be called a table runner?

I can't contribute much to the above discussion, but the former owner was an acquaintance and said "her grandmother made it" and that she had held onto it for 4 decades (in storage) was ready for someone else to enjoy it. I realize sometimes memories are incorrect, but she seemed pretty clear about her grandmother having made it.

I'll see if I can ID the fabric.

 

Yes, I would agree that it's a table runner ... Joy.

 

Totally believable that her grandmother made it -- I still can't remember why that part I circled is bugging me, so it's likely not relevant to anything.

I think it works as table runner or antimacassar (for the sofa).

 

It could also be used as a runner atop a dresser/chest of drawers -- especially nice over a dresser to "protect" (at least somewhat) against scratches on the top surface. The "dresser" I use each day is 45" across (width) and 19-1/2 inches deep from front edge to mirror at back edge.

 

Yes, I vote for dresser scarf!

 

Thank you, good suggestions. Maybe for a dresser.

Very helpful, everyone. Thanks!