in
height in her later years, a fact that seemed to never have been noted. In
1837
she was believed to have been 4' 11. Her late 1890's dresses suggest a
height of 4' 7 or at most 4' 8.
Per pg. 171 of In Royal Fashion - The Clothes of Princess Charlotte of
Wales and Queen Victoria 1796
There is an interesting description of a machine knitting industry
producing Orenburg Shawls in the vicinity of Nottingham, England.
_http://www.hucknall-torkard.com/shawlstwo.html_
(http://www.hucknall-torkard.com/shawlstwo.html)
Perhaps Queen Victoria was patronizing this industry in her
This is a repeat from a memo I wrote April 3, 2011, in which I explained
Queen Victoria's height.
To properly protect the gowns of Victoria that have been displayed at
Kensington Palace for many years, *individual mannequins were custom made - to
fit the clothing
<thelacepl...@hotmail.co.za>
wrote:
> Here is South Africa I am enjoying watching the TV serial on the life of
> Queen
> Victoria I am wondering if the lace is antique or was
> it especially made for the series?
>
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island,
Our Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visited Honiton today and the Duchess was
given a piece of Honiton lace by Pat Perriman MBE and she talked about Queen
Victoria and her interest in the Lace industry.
Sue T
Dorset UK,
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The book that best informs about lace belonging to Queen Victoria is Royal
Honiton Lace by Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama, Batsford, 1988. Luxton is
known for her books on Honiton Lace. There is also a booklet by Kay
Staniland and Santina Levey titled Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress
A long reply for Clay and others interested in Queen Victoria's laces:
I do not know the source of your information (below), Clay. Queen
Victoria was a very sentimental woman and wore her wedding laces throughout
her
life. Several of us have written frequently on Arachne about Queen
from my iPad
On Mar 27, 2012, at 6:24 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
A long reply for Clay and others interested in Queen Victoria's laces:
I do not know the source of your information (below), Clay. Queen
Victoria was a very sentimental woman and wore her wedding laces throughout
her
a naturalised British subject and renounced his
Royal title in 1947.
Prince Louis married one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters. Thus, The
Queen and Prince Philip both have Queen Victoria as a
great-great-grandmother. They are also related through his father's side.
His paternal grandfather
Here is South Africa I am enjoying watching the TV serial on the life of Queen
Victoria. Probably a couple of years after you have seen it in the UK!
There are some lovely lace collars and berthas on the costumes. My TV is not
big enough to see the detail but I am wondering if the lace
Dear Friends,
Here is South Africa I am enjoying watching the TV serial on the life of
Queen Victoria. Probably a couple of years after you have seen it in the
UK!
There are some lovely lace collars and berthas on the costumes
I recently watched the 4 series of the Spanish Drama "Gran
Has anyone any knowledge of this lace which was being made in Leek ,
Staffordshire(1860-70s). The BBC Countryfile magazine(April) mentions
that this was due to the demand for black lace while Queen Victoria was
in full and half mourning. So far I have found nothing on the net so
any thoughts
Dear all,
Battenberg lace was named after Lord Mountbatten who married princess
Beatrice of England.
A wedding present in Batten lace was given by queen Victoria to the couple.
Does anyone has more information about this present?
I am also looking for books on the history of Belgian Princess
Dear Su and others with interest in Royal connections to needlework,
The Slough of Despond seems to refer to the years in which Queens Adelaide
and Victoria were prominent.
From a related perspective, there are posed portraits of Queen Victoria
knitting, crocheting, spinning, etc., so she
It's not all bad news at the VA. The main costume gallery (Room 40) is due
to reopen in February with a new permanent display as well as a temporary
exhibition 'Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's wardrobe 1896-1938'
(Queen Maud was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria). I don't know
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Queen Victoria I am wondering if the lace is antique or was
it especially made for the series?
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ioned by Sue T. in Dorset, you can search for information about the
> following:
>
> The book that best informs about lace belonging to Queen Victoria is Royal
> Honiton Lace by Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama, Batsford, 1988. Luxton is
> known for her books on Honiton Lace
Thank you, Bev, for the tinyurl. Many of us would like a smaller version
of our very own!
When the first of our Arachnes visits the new Kensington Palace exhibits,
please report back to us on the condition of the lace and costumes in the
Queen Victoria exhibition.
Much more
satin
christening gown which was made for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter,
Victoria, and is traditionally worn by all members of the royal family.
So, if a replica, there could be handmade lace on it, but it would be new
handmade lace, I would think. Perhaps a query directed to the Honiton
, lace made in Honiton, such as for Queen Victoria, might as
well have been a gift for what the lacemakers were paid for it.
Maybe UK lacemakers should offer to make some real lace for future use so we
know it was
handmade next time. I don't do Honiton but could make a motif in Bucks or Beds.
Janice
Here's another interesting quote, but beware: she's very opinionated!
Although good Queen Adelaide had a pretty fancy for lace, she wore
little of it, and it was left to Queen Victoria to revive the glory
of wearing Brussels to any extent; and she, alas! was sufficiently
patriotic
.
Brenda
On 3 Apr 2011, at 23:13, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It is about 10 years since I wrote on Arachne about an exhibit of Queen
Victoria's clothing at Kensington Palace. To properly protect the gowns,
individual mannequins were custom made to fit the clothing
nal lace
(commissioned for Queen Victoria) was made by “Janet Sutherland, a miner’s
daughter” from Falkirk, Scotland. The replica was undertaken by Angela Kelly,
Queen Elizabeth’s personal wardrobe advisor who worked with “craftsmen in
Britain & Italy”. When I looked at the replica photo, it
Thanks, Noelene, for alerting us to Jeri's message before the digest comes
out. I had been wondering what this magazine was about, especially with the
recent UK TV series about Queen Victoria finishing just before I noticed it in
the listings we get (my husband is an independent newspaper
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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hanky that the Queen Victoria of Battenberg received as a gift on
occasion of her wedding with Alfonso XIII, King of Spain. The
picture shows the piece on progress with hundreds
As Queen Victoria was widowed at a fairly early age, I think that most
of her lace was honiton. I'm pretty certain that this would have set
a trend for Honiton Lace to be the most popular, but I couldn't swear
to it.
BTW I love the tag line I'm definitely one of the 'assorted
Thank you very much for this information.
Clearly, shawls were worn regularly for a lot longer than I'd imagined.
Linda.
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
The first photo which shows a very plain black shawl is dated circa
1885. The Diamond Jubilee, on which the shawl was presented by Queen
Victoria
could it also have been that she was wearing flat shoes in later life? Brenda
Valid point. The average woman shrinks about an inch with aging (and also
men),
though the smaller a woman's frame and less physically active, the more prone
to
osteoporosis, facilitating loss of height. Most
Today's Daily Mail has an article about a new exhibition at the Victoria and
Albert Museum,
which starts on May 3rd and continues until 15th May next year. The theme
is Wedding Dresses 1775 - 2914, and there are many photos of the exhibition
or the actual weddings in the article.
http
Victoria, 10 February
1840 by Sir George Hayter, a clear view of the Queen's face. There
appears to be a veil attached at the back of her head. You can G**gle the
artist's name to see it.
A 1847 painting by Winterhalter, shows the Queen, and she wrote about the
sitting. I wearing my dear
documentation of the gift from the women of Connaught. The lace was
originally a gift to princess Margaret of Connaught who was a grandchild of
Queen Victoria and daughter of Victoria's son, Prince Arthur, Duke of
Connaught and Strathearn.
There is a very nice and well illustrated small catalogue
is decorated with gold-thread tirtiria which
terminate in little green-blue silk tassels and in scalloping produced by
applique tirtiria. At he bottom the purse is gathered, and terminates in a
rich
tassel of straight and curling tirtiria.
Given to Queen Victoria in 1845. Donated by Queen Mary
and
decorations which are usually in place, there is a special show of
paintings connected with the coronation, 50 years ago this year) and
including the Queens coronation dress and robe. Beautiful. I also noted
a large painting of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is by
George Hayter
the subjects
> > mentioned by Sue T. in Dorset, you can search for information about the
> > following:
> >
> > The book that best informs about lace belonging to Queen Victoria is
> Royal
> > Honiton Lace by Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama, Batsford, 1988. Luxto
Snipped:
From Jeri Ames
Good preparation would be a reading of Margaret Swain's The Needlework of
Mary Queen of Scots, Van Nostrand Reinhold 1973. Have seen it in
paperback,
which would have been a later edition. It is a classic.
From Ian Chelle Long
I didn't see the original posting
appointment as lace manufacturer of Honiton lace from Queen Victoria in1842.
Eliza is mentioned briefly in Dr Yallop's book (but he spells her name
Darwall)
My friend has inherited many letters and some original designs and prickings
from Charles Darvall, Eliza's son, who designed lace for his mothers
Hello to all spiders,
I have posted up on my web only for some days a picture, (taken from the
book Les puntes al coixi a Catalunya ahir i avui), which shows the
hanky that the Queen Victoria of Battenberg received as a gift on
occasion of her wedding with Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
floss is so tough it would make a lovely garotte.
Malvary in Ottawa where we have a super weekend forecast for Victoria Day
(to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday - only in the colonies they say).
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uyn wrote:
>
> I don't know about this exhibition, but the Australian Lace Guild has the
Triennial Awards lace on display at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
in Launceston, Tasmania until the 28th of October.
>
> I visited last week and will be demonstrating there on Fr
. But their daughters were then listed as lace makers.
In this country most farm labourers was not well paid and mostly the same as
lace makers. Queen Victoria organised to have lace made for her Wedding
Gown and then a Christening gown to help the women of the area around
Honiton
with the coronation, 50 years ago this year) and
including the Queens coronation dress and robe. Beautiful. I also noted
a large painting of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is by
George Hayter and the dress itself intrigued me. Was it lace? or could
it be embroidered fabric? like Ayeshire work perhaps
of the patterns made up and writing a book about it. The
handkerchief sachet sent to Queen Victoria with samples of lace (the Queen
ordered some lace) are now on display in Topsham Museum . The bag contained
726 samples of lace, priced and with the initials of the lacemaker on the
back, in 390 different
is this specific image that I tucked it into the
glass-front of a china cabinet. For contrast, I added a postcard portrait of
Queen
Victoria bedecked in Royal laces. She is wearing a lappet cap of lace, and
that
is why I like the two postcards together -- the contrast between poor
lacemaker and Queen
quite detailed of the
lace, the others of Queen Victoria holding Albert Edward - Prince of Wales and
of
Princess Diana holding Prince William, plus a color photo of the skirt on
book jacket cover), there is the following book, which you could borrow from
InterLibrary Loan:
Royal Honiton
are curious).
At the time of my visit to Kensington Palace, the Queen Victoria exhibit was
in a gallery about double the size of my bedroom. In a huge gallery next
door there was an exhibit of Princess Diana's clothing.
One was an Empress, one was a Princess. Seemed strange to me.
Jeri
from Queen Victoria (as her fame grew), and also a black one, of which
she put on immediately and wore frequently . . . the white one relegated for
pictures, etc.
Of course the item would have been white then. Of course in my life
specializing in color expertise, it was commonly shared
the Native
tribes who were learning lace taught by Bishop Whipple's missionaries.
Queen Victoria had some of their pieces.
As in many of the lace schools, the lace familiar to the teacher was
taught.
In other words, not always bobbin lace.
There is very little bobbin lace in Poland. The costume
. They have the provenance of being “one of a set of 144 made for the
1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition - ivory bobbins”.
On page 221 of Thomas Wrights book Romance of the Lace Pillow he writes of the
exhibition “When Queen Victoria visited the Exhibition Miss Elizabeth Clayson
(afterwards Mrs. George
the letter that accompanied the package. The letter was from
Queen Victoria of Great Britain, who wrote that she had read Sarah Bradford's
book and wanted to honor Harriet with her Diamond Jubilee Medal and an
invitation to visit her at the palace in London. Harriet was seventy-seven
years old
renamed the Royal School of Needlework (and exists to this day -
located at Hampton Court Palace in a Grace and Favor apartment granted by the
Queen).
When this school was founded, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
(daughter of Queen Victoria) served as the first President. The working
one
of them No 305 of 500 was designed by Luton Museum and made by a Peter
Phelan of Luton to commemorate the birth of a son to Princes Anne and
Captain Mark Phillips 1977. I have one also by Robin How limited edition
of 100 entitled Queen Victoria and a matching one, each No 068 of 100
entitl
Alexandra (Queen
Victoria died in 1901). Â My 3rd edition of Mrs. Palliser's book is dated
1875, and there is reference to it being 11 years since it was first
published. Â That makes her a contemporary of Alan Summerly Cole. Â Both
Palliser and Cole were associated with the Victoria and Albert
had some influence on
fashion in England. Though you do not see much lace during the
Regency period, you do see various types of embroidery on muslin
and net, including tambouring - which is sometimes classified as
lace. Queen Victoria was born in 1819, two years after Austen's 1817
death
some influence on fashion in England.
Though you do not see much lace during the Regency period, you do see
various types of embroidery on muslin and net, including tambouring - which
is
sometimes classified as lace.
Queen Victoria was born in 1819, two years after Austen's 1817 death at age
with the coronation, 50 years ago this year) and
including the Queens coronation dress and robe. Beautiful. I also noted
a large painting of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is by
George Hayter and the dress itself intrigued me. Was it lace? or could
it be embroidered fabric? like
exhibit both gowns at some time in future at Kensington Palace.
For 9 large black and white photos of the lace (7 quite detailed of the
lace, the others of Queen Victoria holding Albert Edward - Prince of Wales
and of
Princess Diana holding Prince William, plus a color photo of the skirt on
book
the First World War to avoid any German
taint attaching to the Royal Family of Gb, never mind that the German
royal family were descendants of Queen Victoria!! Politics!!
helene, the froggy from Melbourne
I do remember him and when he died, and had the same thought, but the
book implies
and demerits of Honiton
lace
and its cousins) there is a caption under a photo of:
Details of an exceptional late-nineteenth century flounce, just under a yard
and a half deep, which was made for Prince Leopold, fourth son of Queen
Victoria. Design is influenced by Brussels, but lace is thought
exciting art exhibition I
have EVER seen, and the other, currently at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
is also wonderful. It is beautifuly mounted and shows part of the wardrobe
of Queen Maud of Norway. There isn't al lot of lace in it, but where lace is
used, it is used in a beautiful way.
Do
The first photo which shows a very plain black shawl is dated circa 1885.
The Diamond Jubilee, on which the shawl was presented by Queen Victoria was
in 1897. The white shawl or blanket, appears to be a simple garter stitch
knitted affair which does not resemble the shawl donated
A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stevieni...@gmail.com writes:
Battenberg lace was named after Lord Mountbatten who married princess
Beatrice of England.
A wedding present in Batten lace was given by queen Victoria to the couple.
Does anyone has more information about this present?
I am also
- Glimpses of Royal Life by A.E. KNIGHT which is
mainly centred around the life of King Edward VII and was published
after Queen Victoria had died but prior to his coronation.
On Thursday October 18th1860 the then Prince of Wales and his wife
were on a visit to Canada and the USA, and whilst
n Palace
has an exhibition on Royal Fashion featuring the Queen, Princess
Margaret and Princess Diana, while Buckingham Palace has Fashioning a
Reign:90 years of the Queens wardrobe.
I thought there was a vogue fashion exhibition somewhere but can't find
it. Yes I have, "Vogue 100: A cen
Hello All! Another sample of Scottish lace is finished for our LOL lace
exhibit next month. This pattern was sent to me by Lorri Ferguson. Thanks
again Lorri! Sheila Joss in NP told me that this is a companion pattern to
Queen's Fan that was made for Queen Victoria. Lady's Fan was for her
You have read memos from me about Gawthorpe Hall, where the 2nd largest
textile collection in England (after the Victoria and Albert Museum) resides.
Â
Gawthorpe was built between 1600 and 1605, before the Puritans landed on
Plymouth Rock (1620). Another historic frame of reference
Just to let you know that even though this project is quite new a few
exciting things have happened in the last few days.
A bobbin dated 1662 (possibly England's oldest dated bobbin) few new
inscriptions recorded of special interest, besides my previous reporting of
Queen Victoria, a Lady
ears ago from reputable dealer Anne
Swift. They have the provenance of being “one of a set of 144 made for the
1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition - ivory bobbins”.
On page 221 of Thomas Wrights book Romance of the Lace Pillow he writes of the
exhibition “When Queen Victoria visited the Exh
one old ivory bobbin in the
> collection I remembered a special pair purchased some years ago from
> reputable dealer Anne Swift. They have the provenance of being âone of a
> set of 144 made for the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition - ivory bobbinsâ.
>
> On page 221 of Thomas Wr
Hi
Queen Victoria got married in 1840 and it took until 1899 for the fashion to
get to Mountfield, a small village in East Sussex England.
My 101 year old Mother in Law often tells the tale of her Aunt Flora who was
the first person in the village to wear a white wedding dress. As you can
imagine
- established the Royal School of Needlework in 1872. It is
quite
obvious that the Royals were very dedicated to needlework (there are several
portraits of Queen Victoria showing her with needlework in her hands).
TESS: I'll bring these to you so you can determine if they should
, Rev.W.Webster who came to the village in 1841. He helped to
improve the standard of the lace by bringing in teachers, compiled a
specimen book and also found buyers for the lace including Queen
Victoria. A report on Scottish Home Industries (1895) says that in
the summer 50-60 and in the winter 150-160
Hi Lyn
I've checked with the little book 'Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress and Lace'
by Kay Staniland and Santina Levey published, I believe, in 1983.
The book says that even then the lace flounce was too fragile to mount for
display. The flounce is 25.1/2 inches deep and four yards
Guild, and who apparently suggests
simply look around for someone to teach you. Theres a sidebar
discussing the Duchess of Cambridges wedding dress and the lace of
Queen Victoria.
The third page has a side bar about the Aragon
Lacemakers in Bedfordshire, a paragraph about the Gawthorpe Hall
) are described. In 1873,
a
special loan exhibition of decorative art needlework made before 1800 was
presented, initiated by Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Christian, HRH.
the Duchess of Teck; Lady Marion Alford, Vicountess Cust; and Victoria
Welby (all involved later in the founding
Rock - where the Pilgrims landed in
what is now Massachusetts). Our Devon worked on the gold lace for this.
The original jacket and portrait are at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She
has also written and designed quality needlework projects for specialty
magazines, and so forth
modern artists have painted them! Smile.
I came across a terrible reproduction of some really historically
significant Honiton Lace Bobbins in Powys, Lace and Lace making. Horses
charging each other, Queen Victoria in all, her regalia. Other local
history things too, Sidmouth and a sh
to late 1970s. After much researching and reworking of some of the lace
patterns worked in the 1800s she produced several books about it. There are
a few photos of trolly lace bobbins with masses of decoration on them.
There was some information and reference of Queen Victoria putting lace
women in
as many panels as possible, despite the fact that so little was written
about them in the years before 1800.
Lace is depicted in crewel embroidery first in Panel 44 of Mary, Queen of
Scots in the mid-16th C., and last in Panel 91 of Queen Victoria at Balmoral
1850s/60s
text plus a depth of
1" of pages of 500 photographs without page numbers) 0-901286-15-X, 1983.
Victoria and Albert. Considered worldwide the go-to book for lace
identification, this book contains 10 chapters devoted to lace origins in the
1500's
and history up to 1914.
5. LePompe,
On Mar 11, 2005, at 22:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Devon) wrote:
This bag is pictured in Greek Lace in the Victoria and Albert
Museum. They
describe it thus:
Constantinople, Purse; mid 19th century.
A fine example of Greek Needle-point lace made up fine, well-spun silk
threads. The background
their
word for what it is. Anyone else game for trying to change the sellers
mind?
You'd change the seller's mind PDQ, if you told him/her that it was not
a bobbin, but a special pen that Queen Victoria used, later spangled by
one of her playful children :) There are plenty of sellers who
Dear Sue et al,
I agree, and find sense with what you say, except for white wedding dresses.
It is my understanding that white wedding dresses only came into vogue when
Queen Victoria wore white to her wedding. Before that, I believe they were
many different colors. They were your best dress
became the founding Director of what is now the Victoria and Albert
Museum. Some of the first laces in the VA collection were purchased by
Sir
Henry. Son, Alan Summerly Cole, wrote reports on the working conditions
of
lacemaking communities in England and Ireland.
The late Alan Brown
distribution.
To put this book in context, Jane Austen (author) lived from 1775-1817.
Princess Victoria was born in 1819 and became Queen in 1837. Both had
associations with lace.
This is a sequel to Embroidered with white - the 18th century fashion for
Dresden lace and other whiteworked accessories
-9542730-3-3.
Ordering info in separate memo. Book has limited distribution.
To put this book in context, Jane Austen (author) lived from 1775-1817.
Princess Victoria was born in 1819 and became Queen in 1837. Both had
associations with lace.
This is a sequel to Embroidered with white - the 18th
know, reflects the number of brave
Australian souls who were lost in World War I.
Poppies can be dropped at the AWM or sent to 5000 Poppies, P.O. Box 115,
Ashburton, Victoria 3147, Australia. They ask that none are mailed before
January 22nd.
Patterns for knitted, crocheted, felted, machine
changes according to fashion. We know that it was
Queen Victoria who started the rage for white wedding dresses, and probably an
upsurge in the production of white lace to go with it. It is likely that the
change from lace being made in white and dyed to suit, to being made in
coloured thread
as individuals, and not the entire large piece of lace - to ensure that
a design would not be copied. I remember this was done with the Honiton
wedding laces made for Queen Victoria, so it would make sense that this was
common practice in lace-making countries.Â
Only the very rich and powerful could
they could move comfortably in
higher society. Queen Victoria was a customer.
I just did a search on Vamhus, Sweden and found a guild listing half way down
the first page that you might want to access:
http://www.victorianhairartists.com/VictorianTableWork.html
Here I would like to encourage
suppose most people will know is that Queen Victoria used
Honiton . .
OWNER:
Yes she did.
EXPERT:
. . .to make the lace for her wedding veil,
OWNER
Yes, she did
EXPERT
but up until then was Honiton really looked at as a prize lace making area?
OWNER:
Yes it was, but maybe
came to the village in 1841. He helped to
improve the standard of the lace by bringing in teachers, compiled a
specimen book and also found buyers for the lace including Queen
Victoria. A report on Scottish Home Industries (1895) says that in
the summer 50-60 and in the winter 150-160 persons
by bringing in teachers, compiled a
specimen book and also found buyers for the lace including Queen
Victoria. A report on Scottish Home Industries (1895) says that in
the summer 50-60 and in the winter 150-160 persons are engaged in
making lace. Women giving pretty steady attention to the work should
oxes of
ephemera, yielded a wonderful New York Times Magazine article about this book
by
Russell Lynes, dated June 11, 1972, page 56 (which you may be able to find
on-line). Caulfeild and Saward dedicated this book to Princess Louise, a
daughter of Queen Victoria.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
, what, when,
where, and how.
Â
Ordering information is at:Â http://www.heather-toomer.com/175227342Â
Click on Page 2 for the formal description of this book.
Correspond with Heather Toomer at htac2...@gmail.com
This book is also available - in the U.K. only - through Amazon.
Â
When Victoria became
Book
bears an ISBN of 0-907854-10-9 and was published by Blaketon Hall Ltd. Â It
was originally dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise,
Marchioness of Lorne (daughter of Queen Victoria). Â
Â
Devon, I think this is a reference book you should have in your personal
library. Â It is my
be copied. I remember this was done with the Honiton
> wedding laces made for Queen Victoria, so it would make sense that this was
> common practice in lace-making countries.
>
> Only the very rich and powerful could afford laces that were made on a grand
> scale. They would no
thank this little beam of light in museums, like the Victoria and Albert.
Many
objects are exhibited in a dim setting. Suddenly, something that you
never would imagine shines through - jewels, beads, sequins, textures, even
lovely colors and design details in fashions. But also, intricately-carved
/victoria_e.cfm
There will be a parade in Victoria, BC - marching bands, pipe and drum
corps, clowns, floats, and probably a facsimile Queen - sometimes we have
a Victoria impostor as well as an Elizabeth II.
bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC (west coast of Canada)
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FYI -
27 April 2007 – March 2008 at Windsor Castle:
To mark the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and His
Royal Highness The Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh, this exhibition tells the stories of five royal
weddings – from the marriage of Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert
I'm positive I've heard this one before, just with a different cast of
characters (I seem to remember queen Victoria?). However, The Visit (so
well-discussed on chat g) makes it timely again, so... :) BTW, I
wonder if horse-drawn carriages have to pay the congestion fee in
London
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