RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-10 Thread Laurie Waters
Working on the LaceNews article - forgive me, been feeling a little under the weather this week. Might be the flu... Laurie Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 10:12:04 + (GMT) From: Catherine Barley Subject: Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace Fascinating article and thank you Jeri for

[lace] De-accessioning lace

2019-03-10 Thread Devon Thein
There is an article in the New York Times today. It is about how museums find themselves without enough storage space, and then they have to consider selling some of the art. Near the end of the article they are discussing the problems of the Brooklyn Museum. The Brooklyn Museum had already

RE: [lace] Valenciennes by Whiting, was: Point Ground Lace

2019-03-10 Thread Lorelei Halley
Jo There is a book by N. Andries and G. Vroom VALENCIENNESKANTJES, 2011, published by the authors. It is the same format as Caroluskantjes -- loose sheets, one for each pattern. The collection starts with a bunch of grounds used in Valenciennes at various times. They are sorted chronologically. If

[lace] Valenciennes by Whiting, was: Point Ground Lace

2019-03-10 Thread jo
Hello all, There are still many grounds in the Whiting index that don't yet have diagrams. The subtle variations of Valenciennes are causing me headaches. I hope some experts can help me out. Details and images are available on https://github.com/d-bl/GroundForge/issues/129 You can answer here