Thank you, Jenny. Tess did a tremendous amount of work. Books may be easier to scan today than when she took on this project for us, making so many out-of-copyright books available - free - to anyone with a computer. Her set-up meant standing for hours and hours and lifting the books continuously. If you have seen heavy original books like the Ricci set, you know it had to be back-breaking work that required skill so fragile pages and bindings would not be damaged. A bit of information about this specific publication to which Jenny has referred, "Battenberg and Point Lace Book": It was re-published by Lacis in San Francisco in 1987, and may still be available. Two copies are kept in my library. The version Tess scanned is under Priscilla, and the Lacis version is under the author's name: Nellie Clarke Brown. A teaching moment: There are several ways to search for what has been said about this book: Battenberg, Nellie Clarke Brown, Lacis, Point Lace, Priscilla, and by the book's title. People who are interested in braids may find the contents useful, because tapes are similar to braids. And, of course, these laces are made by a threaded needle and are considered to be embroidery. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 6/11/2017 2:24:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, je...@brandis.com.au writes:
It was only when I was comparing the 2 sites work that I really appreciated just how much work Tess Parish had done removing all the background colour from the scans, thus making it much more readable. To see what I mean, compare these 2 copies of the same scan https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/archive_003.pdf http://archive.org/stream/priscillabattenb00brow#page/n5/mode/2up Jenny Brandis - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
