[lace] RE: Classification

2017-06-20 Thread Devon Thein
Dear Alex, While I agree in spirit with your observation, I am in the somewhat unusual situation of trying to review information in a museum data base, and determine the best term for the technique. Interestingly, the data base has a separate field for “culture” which gives the geographical

[lace] Bookmark exchange 2017

2017-06-20 Thread Celia Mulhearn
My bookmark from Amber Lackey arrived this morning and is very pretty. I look forward to putting it to use. I have sent Amber a personal Thank You and would like to add my thanks to all involved, organising and participating in these exchanges. Celia Mulhearn, Somerset UK where it is 32 degrees

[lace] Classification

2017-06-20 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Devon The point that many lacemaker today miss is that in the past lace was a commercial activity. Dealers would supply patterns for lace that would be fashionable and sell and lacemakers would make it using the techniques with which they were familiar. In some cases techniques used in