Dear all, I was recently in Lyon and had some time free, so I went "antiquing." After walking nearly the length of rue Auguste Comte, where I was told all the antique dealers could be found, I finally found a place selling at least a few textiles. I told the owner I was interested in lace, and she pointed me to a heap of textiles in one corner, then brought out a plastic bag stuffed with textiles of various sorts.
After digging through both bags and finding a lot of old napkins, machine lace yardage, and so on, I finally near the bottom of the second bag found some things I had to rescue: - three hankies with hand-made Cluny edging; nothing spectacular, but worth it none the less. One of them still had its "Hand Made Lace" label attached, giving the source (don't remember what it says, as it is at home and I am not). - one piece of heavy card with two almost-certainly machine-made samples of what looks like fake Duchesse, perhaps, glued down, and a handwritten label attached. - two pages, unfortunately folded in thirds from side to side, of heavy blue stock with a total of 27 definitely machine-made lace samples scotch-taped to the card and labels attached to the side of the card; prices are listed as being for 1000 yards. Almost certainly these two last items are French; the text on the third one is (unless my memory fails me) in French. I know that what I have has no real monetary value. But it needed rescue and it's a bit of history. Now, the question is, how do I treat it? Both of them have suffered from being stuffed into a bag, and certainly the scotch tape and so on aren't necessarily good for the fibers. But my feeling is that if I were to separate any of it, it would decrease the historical value (what little it has). Do I photograph it, treat it as nicely as I can, and let it go at that? Any suggestions are welcome. Tonight, once I have my home computer hooked up and have the time to do so, I will post more detailed descriptions of all of it. Best regards, Elizabeth Leverkusen, Germany - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
