I have become interested in the lace collections that were formed during the late 19th and early 20th century by wealthy collectors in America and Europe. I find an interesting trend in that biographies written during that era often mention the lace collecting of the individual whereas more recent ones do not. I think this is because present day biographers don't find lace very interesting and in their filtering process leave out an activity which the subject of the book actually found very interesting and spent a lot of time on, while playing up other facets of the persons life that have more resonance to the 21st century. As a result I am always looking for the oldest biography written in the hope that there will be more lace references. If people run across lace references in old biographies that they are reading especially about wealthy collectors, I would be interested to hear about them. Devon
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