In the town of Itaugua where we dropped a few dollars on Nanduti lace, this piece was in the process of being finished off – some kind of edging to be worked around all those units on the edge… which is quite long – this commissioned cloth is almost 5m long by nearly 3 wide, and represents about 6 months’ work by the several people who made the inset units and the edging, set the pieces in to a nice quality cotton fabric and did the final finishing steps culminating in washing, starching and ironing.
The work, fine but not the finest we saw, is in about #8 cotton. Too big a piece to make on spec for tourists, this piece would have been ordered by people whom our guide described as newly rich who are wanting all the trappings of old money – as soon as it can be made/purchased/commissioned, to go in large new fancy homes. The cost will be about US$650. Something similar in the very finest work we saw could cost several thou.US$. Either would look marvellous on a large table in a large room. 