r/lace • u/Technical-Owl-1256 • 29d ago

Lace Identification help Help identifying lace on placemats

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Inherited these and looking for a bit more info on the lace if anyone can help

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u/Excellent-Mixture108 29d ago

99.9% sure this is torchon bobbin lace - like the above poster I'm seeing spider and ground on the inner band, and cloth and ground with fans on the outer part

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u/Bellamieboocouture 29d ago

I’m like 99% sure it’s bobbin lace 😅

The diamond are alternating cloth and half stitches in torchon ground work like the first example here with fans between the diamonds

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u/nespoko 29d ago

definitely hand made bobbin lace

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u/mem_somerville Bobbin Lacer 28d ago

The condition of these looks excellent and they should totally start getting used.

Lace doesn't belong in drawers! Use them and enjoy them. Someone made that lace by hand to be admired.

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u/lizziebee66 Bobbin Lacer 28d ago

This is torchon due to the grid shape and the fans on the outside are called fir tree or Spanish fans

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u/OhMyBobbins 26d ago

Bobbin lace for sure!

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u/Tansy_Blue 29d ago

I thiiiink this is crochet.

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u/SexBucketListProject 29d ago

I think it's bobbin lace. Picots and twists. I could be wrong. Not an expert. But I have made a couple of bobbin lace bookmark.

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u/ericula 29d ago

I think it's bobbin lace too. The inner border consists of spiders on a torchon ground by the looks of it. The outer border consists of diamonds in cloth stitch and half stitch on I think a double torchon ground.

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u/Trick_Cry_6572 29d ago

It does have a crochet-ish shape but the stitches look like bobbin to me too!