Hi,
Lucky you! That sounds like a real treasure trove. The black, rather stiff
silk could be grenadine silk which was tightly spun and much stiffer than
other silk yarns.
Good lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex where it is very windy and wet.
From: Rick and Sharon Whiteley
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:19 PM
To: l...@lists.panix.com
Subject: [lace] lace collection
Hi there ..I'm back after a couple of years off list..family issues.
Anyway, yesterday a fellow brought me a very interesting trunk full of lace.
he would like me to go through it and sort it out. The trunk was found in
the attic of an old Aunt who just passed away. Nobody knew she collected
lace and it was quite a surprise. I just about choked when I saw the
contents. I would say the lace is all from the periods between 1880 and
1920. Actually, the 1920's stuff is a couple of lace dresses and a
remarkable scarf (all sequin embroidery on net). The Auntie had quite a
passion for Chantilly lace. You know in our lace history books that all of
them seem to have a picture of a Chantilly lace shawl (machine made) from
the 1880's? Well, there are 5 of those. Thing is, in the Santana Levy book
she says that that one is silk. Well, these mantilla's seem pretty stiff to
me, not soft like I would expect of silk. Any comments about that? There
is another black one that was the same except someone had cut it up ..the
pieces are there. There are umpteen collars, some hand made, some machine.
A point ground fan leaf that had never been mounted. Oodles of large scraps
of machine Chantilly. An unbelievable hand made Honiton handkerchief which
had a small price tag of $300 attached, a huge Honiton Bertha collar,
several Bruges collars Well, you get the idea. About 8-10 pieces are
definitely worth of a museum. I get to keep a piece. What I've chosen is a
huge piece of Chantilly. The reason I'm keeping that bit is because half of
it has lost it's gimps and it really shows you how the machine lace was
finished. Also in the trunk were tons of yardage, some still on their
original cards. about a dozen silk Maltese doilies, a beautiful black lace
skirt (cut away from the bodice) with a train, the design is breath taking.
Would anyone be able to tell me more about mantilla's and what the thread
could be that these ones are made of? Like I said, they are a bit stiffish.
Comments would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks. Sharon on beautiful
Vancouver Island
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