Antique Irish Crochet Lace Piece

[TattingChic]

This is a lovely piece of lace a lady in my lace guild brought to our last lace guild meeting to show. I thought I would share a photo of it with you here.
Isn't it lovely?
It's from the turn of the century...the turn of the LAST century, before the current one, LOL!

[Sue Krekorian]

I like the filet lace patterns between the strips of Irish lace, too. Very pretty. Could you see if they are crochet work, too, or machine made? And could you see how the strips are joined? Are they sewn together? It's an interesting piece because it looks as if longer lengths have been cut down to make this piece, hence the rough and folded edges long the sides.

[TattingChic]

This was made over 100 years ago. It is all one piece and it is all handmade. The filet lace in between is fileet crochet.
The piece was brought to a lace guild meeting by a fellow lace guild member and I didn't touch the lace to look closely at it. I just photographed it and I didn't ask her if it was sewn or just crocheted all at once. She bought it from an antique handmade lace dealer at Lace Day in the L.A. area earlier this month.

[Adry]

Hi,
i just saw this picture and I love it. I think the filet lace is made with other tecnique,not with crochet.I make Randa lace and it is similar to filet lace.

[TattingChic]

Hi Adry,
I've seen this piece up close and it is definitely Irish Crochet with the filet lace in between. While Randa is lovely type of needlework, it's not Randa at all!

[virginie lykins]

I think the ' filet ' in between, is not crochet, but ' lacis '.

[PattyD]

This is a lovely mix of Irish Crochet and filet work. The filet work is embroidered on net. Sadly, this type of work was displaced by crochet filet work which has the advantage of working the net and the design at the same time but didn't die out until about the 1920's. The Irish Crochet work is of a style that came very late in the craft's development. Instead of individual motifs connected by a crocheted ground added latter, the lace is worked in motifs to speed up the work. But this type preserves the famous Irish Crochet roses and shamrocks and the looped edging so typical of the work.

[Laura Bullinger]

The panel inserts are not Irish Lace, only the floral netting shamrock and rose panels are. The inserts are either lace embroidered with darn stitch or else it is crochet filet.

[CrochetParrot]

Hi,

I'm very new to this group, but I have been studying Filet Lacis for awhile...though have not attempted to try the old, beautiful art myself.  After enlarging a portion of this glorious piece and comparing it to other Filet Lacis, I have concluded that it is indeed Filet Lacis AND Irish Crochet Panels.  The hemming along the side is typical AND also serves a purpose for repair, to keep the piece from fraying any further.  As you can see the huge enlargement (right) of the section above...it is identical to the smaller insert (left) below.  I hope that helps to clear it up that it is NOT filet crochet.  Please forgive my intrusion, but this one has really been bugging me. Have a fabulous day and happy "lacing".  ;-)

[CrochetParrot]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet_lace

Just one of many places to look up this no longer used, but still lovely style of lacing.

[Laura Bullinger]

Yes - it is a net, or "laci" work. And seen enlarged, not filet. Thanks for the pics.