Here is a beautiful find that I meant to share with all of you a couple of weeks ago, I even had the photos taken and loaded on blogger...just needed to type a few words and post...life is like that though, full of unexpected interruptions...
This beautiful dresser scarf is one that I found at a little second hand shop on Vashon Island that is a favorite haunt of ours while on the island...
It is a lovely linen piece with ecru thread inserts. It is the same on both ends. I am afraid I wasn't able to find a place to lay out the entire piece to photograph it nicely. It is a very usable piece and I plan for it to be on my sofa table when I find time to rearrange again...
I love the insets and the edging is lovely, I don't believe I have seen that particular edging pattern before and I really love it...
The price wasn't bad either...rather a steal at that price, I felt! But I love tatting...and though I think the art is growing and more people are aware of it and understand more about it at present, there are many who do not see the time and love that goes into it yet.
At any rate, I hope you enjoy the photos of this pretty piece!
Wow! Fabulous find and rescue! I'm always fascinated by pieces with inserts, and these motifs are more elaborate than usual, and square in shape, and attractive 'on point'! And the edging is unusual, too! One can only speculate about the age of the piece and, of course, the tatter. Thankfully, someone gave it to a shop rather than throw it out! What a great home it's found!
ReplyDeleteAnother great find! I, too, love pieces with inserts.
ReplyDeleteGood find!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Whenever I find vintage tatting I try to tell the people they are selling it for too little...most people don't know the difference between tatting and crochet, or don't realize that there is so much more crochet out there than tatting... :)
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