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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 402569, member: 8267&quot;]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.</p><p>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&#039;s lace, you can see thicker, plaited threads forming the basic pattern, with finer threads then interwoven to create the designs.</p><p>A helpful site:</p><p><a href="http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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