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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jivvy, post: 837418, member: 8184&quot;]So, Kurella&#039;s book defines five different parts of lace (with her own lingo) to look at towards identification:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Clothwork: broad dense areas (like &quot;cloth&quot;)</li> <li>Outline: the edge around each bit of clothwork</li> <li>Mesh: openwork background holds the clothwork together</li> <li>Bridges: another means of connecting motifs... hard to describe the difference between bridge and mesh in just a few words... I know what it is when I see it. Sometimes.</li> <li>Ornament: pretty much what it sounds like, fancy bits</li> </ol><p>I&#039;ve highlighted the picture of your lace to point out Clothwork (blue), Outline (green), and Mesh (yellow).</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Clothwork: I believe the clothwork is linen stitch.&nbsp; Hard to be 100% certain because of picture blurriness, but it&#039;s what I think I see. So the clothwork is typical of Valenciennes.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Outline: I believe the outline is what is called a &quot;ring pair&quot; -- &quot;a single pair of threads separated from clothwork by one twist in the pairs that enter and leave the clothwork&quot; (Kurella, p 216).</p><p><br /></p><p>Fits with Valenciennes and, important to note, &quot;ring pair&quot; outline eliminates most other laces.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Mesh... I THINK it is a braided (not twisted) mesh, but that is something that can be hard to discern with a piece in hand.&nbsp; I really have no business making a call on that from photos.&nbsp; But, since early 18th century,&nbsp; braided mesh is the defining characteristic of Valenciennes. (Kurella, p 216)</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Bridges: I don&#039;t see any. And Valenciennes doesn&#039;t have any, so that works. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. Ornament: don&#039;t really see any here and it&#039;s not a defining factor one way or the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please note: This is all me working from a very good book. I am not a lace expert, lace is HARD, and I may have gotten stuff wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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