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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 1849778, member: 13464&quot;]Hi! What a charming piece! Love the color and the style! </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, it does not look like handmade lace to me. It has the look of **&quot;Schliffli&quot; lace. The petal shapes are clearly meant to mimic handmade bobbin lace &quot;leaves&quot;... but are too loose to have been made by hand. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>** Schliffli Lace</b> is <b>made</b> by embroidering on machine-<b>made</b> net or on a fabric which is dissolved away by chemicals (&#039;chemical&#039; <b>lace</b>) or burned away by heat (&#039;burnt out&#039; <b>lace</b>). The <b>Schiffli embroidery</b> machine was <b>invented</b> by Isaac Groebli in 1865.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bubbles (circles) are impossible to have been made with bobbin techniques. There is way too much going on on the straight edges to be handmade and the &quot;Greek Key&quot; element... is also impossible to be worked as a bobbin element and have that &quot;look&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meaning; yes, you could make a Greek Key element in bobbin lace - but it wouldn&#039;t look padded like that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can send examples if you wish; but... I&#039;m pretty certain that the lace is machine made.&nbsp; That said; it is darling!</p><p><br /></p><p>If I can answer any other questions or be of help; please feel free to respond.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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