Thank you very much to all who sent me their congratulations. Devon whrote : > Would it be worthwhile to visit Binche to try to understand the history of Flanders and the reasons why it became > a center of manufacture for fine textiles?
Belgium is a very little country but it's divided in three regions : one is french speaking (Wallonia), one is dutch speaking (Flanders) and a little one is german speaking. Binche is in Wallonia, not all the belgian laces come from Flanders :o))) .> If one were to make a trip to Binche, apart from the school, what would a > person who is interested in lace and tapestry be able to see? What towns would be the best to > see? Mechelen? Valenciennes? Tournai? Ghent? Enghien? Liege? In Binche there is only the school and a shop, no lace museum yet, only a museum of masks ( http://www.museedumasque.be/ ; http://www.binche.be both in french ) In Tournai there is a beautiful museum of tapestry : http://www.tournai.be/ville-tournai.asp?ref=FR154 Otherwise, in Flanders, my favourite museum is the flax museum in Kortijk : http://www.kortrijk.be/indexdyn.php , http://www.schoolreis.be/schoolreis/vlasmuseum.html (apparently only in dutch) Did you take a look to the site of Lori : http://lace.lacefairy.com/LaceMuseums.htm ? Liduina from Belgium where the sun is back - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
