In a message dated 12/8/2003 1:30:20 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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Professional lacemakers were making corners 100+ yrs ago. But they were
making them, mostly, in Torchon and Guipure (Beds, in England).
Possibly, corners were designed for Bucks (or other PG laces) at the
same time also (though it had been my understanding that Guipure was
one of the "escape routes" from PG -- faster to make and less
competition from machines). But "tradition" (the height of fashion
which first produced the designs) for *PG* lace and patterns goes back
at least another 100-150 yrs. And they definitely weren't making
corners then, or not on the "daily bread" basis ("one-off" pieces might
have been made for the ruling king or queen, but you don't see corners
in old dealers' pattern books -- the stuff that was offered for general
consumption)...
If anyone knows Nottingham well enough, perhaps she could be asked to
clarify?
I'll be seeing Pam next spring when I am in London and will be glad to ask
her about corners. It would help if someone (Tamara?) would put the relevant
postings together for me and send them as an attachment.
My computer situation is all messed up at the moment; the laptop where all my
Arachne files are located is waiting for repair so I'm behind in reading the
digests and can't go back and look for back files.
I would add that I don't think that the fact that the old pattern books
havem't any corners necessarily indicates that corners weren't being made. The Lace
Museum has a fantastic collection of old handkerchiefs and I 'm pretty sure
that there are some with Point Ground borders. I'll look and see next week.
Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 S. Murphy Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94086
the dealer
Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel: 408 730 4695
Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel: 408 730 4695
The Lace Museum
552 S. Murphy Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94086
Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel: 408 730 4695
Elaine Merritt
The Lace Museum
552 South Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
tel: 408 730 4695
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