From the Hungarian Folklore MuseumFILET LACE BY THE SEA travels through time. The Hungarian Folklore Museum has a lot of pictures, history, etc. The texts are also in English. On this specific page, you will see 2 beautiful pieces of "Figural" Filet Lace in Linen Stitch (Point de toile - Halos Rece - Rececsipke) and a Filet Lace Guipure (Halos rece, Filet Lace, Erdely)
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A wooden netting needle (shuttle)Two wooden spindles UC 7306ii, 7809, and a wooden netting needle UC 7806: UC 7306ii (top) is from Lahun, probably late Middle Kingdom, 1850-1750 BC, with modern yarn attached, the other two items are from Gurob, New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BC
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Fragment of fishing netsNets used for fishing...? Fragments of fishing nets from Lahun and Gurob (about 1850-1069 BC) from the Petrie Museum http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
