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Message:: [QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 2339198, member: 13464"]Hi@Houseful, As for dating ... no... it was pretty limited. 1880-1910 or so. And particularly that one which is so ornate... would fall right in to the mid time frame I think!    LOL... I get what you are saying about "ballast"!  Hmmmm... although it could be...[ATTACH=full]260569[/ATTACH]I still see it this way... trimming the bottom of a skirt.  If it does go "ballast" down; the only use I see for it is a flat valance. Actually, I can see it like this "ballast" up - with "O" rings behind the 4 petal flowers to act as a flat valance at the entrance to a parlor also... hmmm... lots of juicy possibilties!  Is the area about 3/4 of the way across to the right - the area that you thought had a lack of bubbles??  It looks more "open" in this photo. I spent the day going through more lace reference books - OMG I have too many! I did see a few photos that kind of looked like your bubbles... but; nothing that was clear enough that I could be sure. Tomorrow, if I get a chance I'm going to experiment around a little. Too tired tonight. I love the research and trying to figure things out!  This one has been fun!Cheerio,Leslie[/QUOTE]