Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:18:06 -0400 From: Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> Subject: [lace] Bedfordshire lace
Hello All! While working on signage for an upcoming lace exhibit at the library, I ran into a disagreement among lace resources regarding Bedfordshire. Hi Susan and Arachnids Our Bedfordshire lace has its roots in the plaited laces, like those in Le Pompe, and it has evolved over the years â in fits & starts according to the fashion at the time. Where names are concerned you have to be very careful. In the book having the same name written by ,The Bucks. Cottage Workers Agency, dated 1911 there are illustrations of what we now call Bedfordshire labelled ,Bucks Cluny, and there is another with the label ,... one of Mrs. Armstrong,s Buckinghamshire lace Berthes ..., that is what we now consider typical Beds rose and leaf floral. It would appear that, in the past, they named the lace after the area in which it was made, not by style. As it is rare to find a piece that can be traced back to its place of origin, perhaps we need to come to an agreement regarding classification by technique, bearing in mind that lacemakers did not work rigidly to a set of rules. The same technique may be found in laces made in different countries, even if only occasionally â and they will cause trouble. I am taking acre with characters, using commas instead of apostrophes and inverted commas. Blow the dust Alex - 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/
