Sectional lace with shaped headside.

Pattern
Large foliate [oak leaf and acorn] motifs, the upper leaf edges forming the deeply indented headside edge. Brides link the smaller floral sprigs along the footside to the large motifs.

Technique
The solid areas of the design are worked in cloth stitch and half stitch, with stem stitch raised work for emphasis. The headside leaves each have a central open space filled with Devonshire diamond filling (Cook and Stott p166.) The smaller leaves have single tallies crossing the central space at intervals. Within the "acorn" shape there are 2 small areas of tulle ground (Cook and Stott p14) and two larger spaces each filled with a small picoted stem stitch ring. The small flower between the large main motifs is filled with a loose version of "no pin" filling (Cook and Stott p154.) The brides are plaited and picoted. The machine made engrelure is an integral part of the lace; that is, it was used as the foundation to the lace when the motifs were assembled, rather than added later to the compleated lace.

This kind of Honiton lace is known as "Honiton Guipure." See P Wardle "Victorian Lace" p139 (on file.)

Made: 1875 - 1899

H3753

1875 - 1899