A few months ago I bought a filet lace panel of Diana and
Neptune on ebay. It’s about 40 cm wide and about 150 cm long and nicely worked
in ecru. I was very excited on my recent research trip to Nottingham to find a
very similar piece in volume VI of a pattern book by Christian Stoll of Plauen which
probably entered the lace archive at Nottingham as a source of inspiration for
the students in the art school.
There are a few differences between my piece and the image
in the book but they are obviously the same basic design. For example mine is
labelled Diane rather than Diana, which is the more usual form given on the
pattern. Mine is also missing a fish and a spear that appear in the book
version, which you can see below.
The edges of both are different too. The design in the book
is edged with a lozenge shaped pattern and the whole piece is inserted into fabric
to make a curtain. Mine has a scalloped edge along the sides and bottom and has
an integrated floral pattern along the top suggesting that it was a valance or designed
to be sewn to the bottom of a curtain, there is no indication to suggest it has
been sewn to anything though. I’ve been looking for links between these pattern
books and lace curtain designs but to find a link to a piece I own was very
exciting.
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