Perhaps one made in Tenerife lace? The technique is also known as sol
(sun) lace in some parts of the world.
No, not Tenerife- or Sol-lace. The doily I mentioned is bobbin-lace,
around a sun figers, houses and so on are done, I think admireing the
sun, and therefore the name.
Ilske
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Subject: [lace] Re: exhibition in Dortmund, Germany
On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:21, Ilske Thomsen wrote:
the most expensive dress, a variation from the one Eva Fialova made
for the world exhibition in Montreal in 1967, which has bohemian
Granate (I can't find the english word for it, sorry
Thank you, Ilske, for your description of what sounds like a marvellous
exhbition - I only wish I could get to see it. I was lucky enough last year
to go to the OIDFA meeting in Prague and see the work of Emilie Palicková
and other wonderful Czech lace makers
Bohemian garnets are real
Hello Tamara,
Thank you for clearyfing the name of this beautiful stone. I like its
colour very much. Yes it is easy to copy it but in the case of these
dresses Ithink they are genuine. It's not a fault writing of dresses,
there are four of them. The one in Vamberk what was I think this one
Ilse,
Thanks for the great report. Very interesting. I
thought I had heard that the huge late 1800 (what
english speakers call victorian) fans were from when
the dresses had those huge skirts, wasp waists and
huge sleeves (called as mutton legs maybe?). Since
the dresses were so oversized,
On Jul 10, 2005, at 7:25, Bridget Marrow wrote:
Bohemian garnets are real garnets. They produce loads of them,
Thanks, I didn't know that.
But please, what is a sun doiley?
Perhaps one made in Tenerife lace? The technique is also known as sol
(sun) lace in some parts of the world.
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Dear Lacefriends,
Perhaps you would like to read something nice after all this bad
happenings. So I'll tell you about the modern lace exhibition in the
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschiche in Dortmund. This is in the
western part of Germany. There you see laces for wearing from 1925 till
On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:21, Ilske Thomsen wrote:
the most expensive dress, a variation from the one Eva Fialova made
for the world exhibition in Montreal in 1967, which has bohemian
Granate (I can't find the english word for it, sorry)
Granat(e) is garnet(s) - a red, semi-precious stone (it's
