Gentle Spiders, So, yesterday afternoon, Devon sent a (private) message:
> I was having one of my long to-do's with Lyn Baily of Lancaster, PA, on the > subject of lace in early America, which is, like early America, a pretty > unexplored region. [...] Lyn continued to surf the internet and came up with > this intriguing hit. There is a person, employed by Arrogant Frenchman > Productions http://www.arrogantfrenchman.com/ who is going to impersonate an > exiled French lace merchant, who has fled the French Revolution and is going > to try to help out people in the colonies by employing them in lacemaking and > selling to the gentlefolk. But he has yet to make the latter's acquaintance. > This is to happen at Colonial Williamsburg on Oct. 2 and 3, 9-5. I feel > certain that there is the germ of an article for the Bulletin in this. I just > don't know how to capitalize on it. I don't think I can go to Wiliamsburg. I > don't know if he would want to write an article. Any thoughts? > > http://www.pinetreebarn.com/williamsburgfestival/distinguishedguests.html#lacemaker > describes the character that is being assumed for this day. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrogantfrenchman/sets/72157603580376569/ > actually has pictures of him making bobbin lace and strips of bobbin lace. Williamsburg is too far for me to make a one day trip and still observe an exhibit closely enough to report on, so I passed it on to "Our Woman in Williamsburg", Su Carter (BTW, all the people mentioned here -- Devon, Lyn, and Su -- are Arachneans; isn't it nice?). Who promptly replied: > Not here!!! It's in Ohio: > > Pine Tree Barn > 4374 Shreve Road > Wooster, Ohio 44691 > > Sat Oct. 2 & Sun., Oct 3 > Colonial Williamsburg Festival - Colonial militia living history encampment, > the finest in Ohio artists and crafts, music, “proper” food, and > presentations on Decorating Williamsburg Style, including floral > demonstrations. All licensed Williamsburg products 10% off. Handcrafted 18th > c. furniture on sale.[...] > > Sorry, can we find someone in Wooster, Ohio -- I'd love to hear a good report > . . . I'm planning to retire as the BL Editor of the Bulletin as soon as possible, but I too would like to see a report of the not-so-arrogant-anymore Frenchman pushing lacemaking into America (if no longer The Colonies <g>), so I took myself off to the IOLI Directory. There is an IOLI member in Wooster listed, but I don't know her. And my grasp of Ohio's geography is too weak to determine whether "Our Woman in Ohio" (Ruth Rocker) is within a reasonable driving distance of the event... Ruth? Or anyone else in Ohio? Any chance someone could go, take some photos and write a report for the Bulletin? -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
