I found this lovely little corner design for sale in Bruges
and bought it along with some other design pieces. I don’t know if it was
designed for lace or embroidery but the principles of design are the same. I
think the flower motif has been cleverly drawn in an up-sweeping line so that
it can be used in a run along the edge of the work and also fills the space in
the corner to move seamlessly on to the next run of flowers. In effect there is
no need to alter the design for the corner. However, what I find surprising is
that it hasn’t been very accurately drawn. The squares lines dividing the motif
cut off the leaves at different points, and the dots around the outer border
are not evenly spaced. Also the central block of the design seems to include a
section of acanthus leaves that don’t bear much relation to the roses round the
border and appear to have been cut from another design. Nor do the design lines
align with those round the border. I think this little design must have been
taken from the designer’s sketchbook and it was probably a preliminary drawing
to try out a few ideas before the production of a commercial design.
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