Battenberg lace is a type of tape lace. It is of American origin, designed and first made by Sara Hadley of New York. This American lace was named either in honor of the wedding of Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, to Prince Henry of Battenberg, or from [sic] the widowed Princess Beatrice.[1]: 102 It is made using bobbins and needles, or just needles alone.[2]The original Battenberg lace used just one stitich: buttonhole picot. Other stitches that were later used include flat wheel (also known as spider or rosette) and rings or "buttons".[1]: 103
With the popularity of Battenberg lace, all tape lace (sometimes called braid lace[1] ) was called Battenberg lace in the US.[2]: 20 Some consider it a form of Renaissance lace,[3] or Dentelle Renaissance, as it is still called in Belgium. Others regard Renaissance lace as a different type of tape lace.[4] Tape laces were known in the 19th century as modern point laces,[5] as the filling stitches were very similar to those found in true point laces.[2]: 20 19th-century tape laces use inexpensive machine-woven tape as the outline, and the availability of this commercial tape led to increased popularity of Battenberg lace.[2] Originally Battenberg lace was heavier than the other machine tape laces such as Princess lace.[6]
Princess lace
Battenberg lace was frequently used as an edging, and was particularly popular in the United States in the 19th century.[5] By the end of the 1800s, a wide variety of tapes and patterns, stamped on pink or white muslin were available for purchase from companies such as Butterick, Sears, and Montgomery Ward.[2]: 20
Tape for Battenberg lace
^ abcJohnson, Frances. (1991). Collecting antique linens, lace & needlework. Radnor, Pa.: Wallace-Homestead Book Co. ISBN 0-87069-634-3. OCLC 23766710.
^ abcdeStitchery and needle lace from Threads magazine. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press. 1991. ISBN 1-56158-010-4. OCLC 23356646.
^Earnshaw, Pat. (1999). A dictionary of lace. Mineola, NY: Dover. p. 10. ISBN 0-486-40482-X. OCLC 41518399.
^Leader, Jean E. "Lace Types: Tape Lace". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ abBath, Virginia Churchill (1979). Lace. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books. p. 292. ISBN 0-14-046378-X. OCLC 4494296.
^The Art of Modern Lace-making. Butterick Publishing Co. 1891.
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