Old World Lace

A paisley shaped piece of vintage lace

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Old World Lace

I hope your new year is going great so how about some gorgeous old world lace patterns?

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Vintage Lace and Goldilocks and the Three Bears Illustration

Another piece of old world lace for you today.  Isn't it pretty?

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A very old illustration from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  I love the paintings on the wall!

 

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The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears uses the "literary rule of three"  with three chairs, three bowls of porridge, three beds and three bears.  There is also three discoveries that someone has been eating their porridge, sitting in their chairs and lying in their beds.  The third time that Goldilocks tries the chairs, the porridge or the beds she finds them "just right" in that the first time she tries something its wrong, the second time is wrong in the opposite way and only the third time is "just right".  

The "Goldilocks Principle"  is the idea that the way forward lies in finding the exact middle between two opposites.  This concept also applies to astronomy and economics!  Who knew?  A Goldilocks planet, for instance, is neither too far nor too close to a star to sustain life.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - History of Lace

Yes, I admit I'm one of those girls who have always loved lace and I am thrilled to see a recent resurgence in it's popularity.  Is there anything more feminine than lace?

Before doing the research for this post I really didn't know all that much about lace.  I had heard of French lace of course but that was about the extent of my real knowledge about lace.  Lace first appeared in the latter part of the 15th century and in a matter of about 50 years lace was being produced in nearly every European country.  Italy was the first country to become prominent in lace making as an industry and quality of workmanship.

The three great lace making centers of the world were Italy, France and Flanders.  Flanders was located in what is now parts of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Lace was made in all of the European countries but it was more of a peasant lace and not the same quality, beauty and value.  And here's the fascinating part:  Lace can actually be identified by it's country of origin by it's style and the method used to create it!

Embellishing clothing, household linens and vestiments of the church began in Italy as drawn work and naturally led to surface embroidery.  This method developed in Italy is known as Punto Tagliato.

Here are a couple of examples of old world lace

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