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Message:: [QUOTE="Lulululu, post: 41832, member: 431"]BTW, I believe the blue cord is new, but the rings are not. The lining is more of a giveaway as to the age than the outside is, since people do make things from old patterns. That's nice old sateen cotton lining, and it was likely recycled from something else. Recycling of old textiles in this way ( using it where it won't show) was common until the end of WW2. I was given a full, large trunk full of lace that belonged to a woman who lived from about 1880 to 1970. She traveled the world as a nanny and then companion to a wealthy woman, and collected and traded lace with people she met along the way, amassing a very good collection. She was also highly experimental, and made lace from anything and everything she could get her hands on. One of my favorite items was an Edwardian dress with lace inserts that she took apart stitch by stitch and remade into a 1920's day frock. And then took apart again, stitch by stitch and rolled up to be used a third time. I remade the 1920's frock and wore it in the 1980's. It is now waiting to be used a 4th time.[/QUOTE]