Bobbin Lace Fan

Mistress Barbeta Kyrkeland, Barony of Bergental

EK Wiki Page: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Barbeta_Kyrkeland

I did this for a Laurel’s challenge 5-6 years ago to recreate an Elizabethan accessory. I only had the 5-inch fan-sticks, so it is smaller than than what would have been used at the time (8-inches or more). Also, lace fans were rare, although I found a couple of examples:
http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/2_Detaily/01_Doplnky/II_01_53.htm and this one from a portrait of Lady Eleanore Percy which is less clear: https://www.alamy.com/english-portrait-of-lady-
eleanor-percy-158215831650-afterwards-lady-powis-aged-13-1595-lady-eleanor-percy-image184867784.html

I took this pattern from Gillian Dye’s “Insertions & Borders; Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Lace Book 4”. She based it on the partlet in the Portrait of Anne of Denmark in Mourning attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark

I used an unidentified black silk thread, and made a photocopy of the pricking onto heavy cardstock, and worked it on my block pillow. The pattern was difficult for me at my skill level at the time, so a close-up of the finished product will show that it is inconsistent and poorly worked,
with gradual improvement towards the end of the piece.