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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1946231, member: 13464&quot;]Thank you! I&#039;d have never located it! The first one; likely Hairpin Lace. There are perhaps several variations. It IS handmade... probably mid-century. Probably cotton.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is handmade Maltese Lace. Easily identifiable by the &quot;Maltese Crosses&quot; which are a necessary part of the design and the copious amount of &quot;wheat leaves&quot; - beautifully worked! It is a bobbin lace and yes, made in &quot;Malta&quot;. It is made in pieces and then the pieces are whipped together... often with a finer thread which didn&#039;t hold as strongly as the body of the work. Circa: 1920-30. Very unusually, it appears to be cotton. The majority of Maltese is made in silk (or a very silky fiber); I&#039;ve only run into a few pieces which are made of cotton. I&#039;ve never seen any Maltese made in linen; although it is possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely pieces! Thanks for drawing my attention to them! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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