[Artemisia] Coupla Q's for Textile Wonks

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1.  I'm not sure about the corduroy...could check for you on some of the 
yahoo lists I'm on if you like.
2.  Swiss beading insertion? With actual beads, or one of those techniques 
in which you're inserting narrow strips of something?  Post-period, as far 
as I know, although there are a couple of late-period and early post-period 
extant shirts and shifts that have strips of bobbin lace and other lace 
clearly inserted in them.
3.  I'm not familiar with "maline" lace.  Guipure is post-period, AFAIK.  (I 
used to have a book on the history of lace, but got rid of it recently, so I 
can't easily double-check.)

There are several laces and embroidery techniques that produce "lace" 
effects which are demonstrably pre-17th century, but I don't know that your 
examples are among them.
--Maire


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From: "Dawn Tavares" <dtavares1 at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:28 AM
Subject: [Artemisia] Coupla Q's for Textile Wonks


Would corduroy in Period have more likely been wide-wale, pinwale, or 
featherwale?

Swiss beading insertion is Victorian, isn't it?
Guipure and maline lace looks Period-ish, but I suspect it's post; am I 
right?


I know, I know. Strange questions for right before a major event.