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Gallery
As
you can see, this page is a continuing project. We will
be adding pictures as we get them.
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My first
attempt at a lacis partlet. Linen thread for the
mesh, with gold thread in darning stitch, and
faux pearls. This was an original pattern, done
in imitation of period design styles. [Larger Image]
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Lacis from
a pattern in Vinciolo's Les Singulair's et
Nouveau Portraicts. #30 crochet cotton thread[Larger Image]
[Closeup] of lace
panel detail, showing darning and interlock
stitches.
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The Billboard Dress. It took me
about a week to put this dress shell together.
the various lace pieces and embroidery took over
11 months. [Larger Image]
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The bodice of the dress, showing
closer
detail of design elements.[Larger Image]
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Lacis edging, done in cotton
thread. This pattern was adapted from a counted
thread work pattern found in a pattern book by
Claude Nourry. [Larger Image]
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False strapwork, done with
purchased buratto, and handmade bead berries. The
darning patterns are simple geometric designs. [Larger Image]
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A period sample of mezza, the
floating square and double fan stitch, around
lacis squares. [Larger Image]
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Detail of Portrait of Isabella
de'Medici, by Bronzino, 1540. This is a
variation of a Floating Square. [Larger Image]
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Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown
artist, c 1575. This appears to be a
Tumbling Blocks variation [Larger Image]
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Detail of a Portrait of an Unknown
Lady, from the school of Bronzino, 1560's.
A simple Floating Square [Larger Image]
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Portrait of an unknown woman,
Marcus Gheerarts the Younger, c 1605. Spiderweb
overlay on the skirt. [Larger Image]
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Surviving sample of mezza
mandolina. This is the Tumbling Blocks, and
the first piece I ever recognized [Larger Image]
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Swatch of Floating Square,
illustrating the Criss Cross variation. [Larger Image]
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Buratto
edging for an undersleeve. The pattern is an original design
[Larger Image]
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Undersleeve
lace in progress, with detail of darning pattern [Larger Image]
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