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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 9432578, member: 13464&quot;]Hmmm... a real puzzler! </p><p><br /></p><p>What is the fabric content? Silk or cotton? </p><p><br /></p><p>Are the two bottom corners both angled? or squared off?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m very puzzled by the fact that the button holes don&#039;t extend to the corners. </p><p><br /></p><p>You mentioned it may be part of a Russian or Lithuanian wedding ceremony. Is it possible that it was Jewish Russian or Jewish Lithuanian ceremony? As in Jewish ceremonies they use a &quot;Chuppah&quot; or canopy? It seems a bit narrow for that - still... could be possible...</p><p><br /></p><p>The canopy under which Jewish couples stand when they are married is called a chuppah. The chuppah represents the new home a couple establishes through their marriage. It also represents the sheltering presence of God and the wish for God&#039;s blessing over the couple. After the wedding ceremony, couples often find a new purpose for their chuppah, which represents the home they are building together. Sometimes used for decor at the reception or set up over the sweetheart table for the just-marrieds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can picture it being used for that... with the lacy bit hanging down. The chuppah&#039;s were draped with flowers, kind of like an arbor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the initials match your ancestor&#039;s initials? Perhaps an older generation? I can&#039;t see the lace clearly, but I&#039;m thinking that it is machine made lace which would probably date it to after 1850... perhaps 1880 or later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can see it as a curtain; but not with buttonholes all the way around - they would only be useful at the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435973[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting piece anyway... fun to guess it&#039;s past purpose!</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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