tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post1237231541649026805..comments2024-03-27T18:03:56.756+00:00Comments on In My Lady's Chamber: Sprang: medieval referencesMiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-81990848991399010492012-04-02T19:14:36.846+01:002012-04-02T19:14:36.846+01:00Thanks for the references!Thanks for the references!Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-82380600187943848562012-04-01T14:14:08.702+01:002012-04-01T14:14:08.702+01:00just giving more information. Please see http://w...just giving more information. Please see http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/sprangbib.html (Mistras Thora's listing of sources)<br />and in http://books.google.com/books?ei=nlN4T76REKWq0AGBm-CaDQ&id=m8LWAAAAMAAJ&dq=traditional+icelandic+embroidery sprang is used as a term to describe embroidery on netting that *resembles* filet crochet/filet lace. It's a single item, and is described in:<br />http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Sprang_ambroidered_altar_frontal_from.html?id=z7mGQwAACAAJ<br /><br />(sorry, no images, I looked).<br /><br />& I wandered here from your comment on livejournal in the handsewngarb community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com