Hi All, Here's a short review of "Lace from the Victoria & Albert Museum" by Clare Brown ISBN 0-8109-6623-9 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc. is the US distributor).
Eye Candy!! There is a history first, then the list of 100 plates (this includes interesting additional notes on the lace) and then the photos - Wow! There are details of some of the pieces and some plates have show than one piece of lace. There are 116 pages of photos. Lots of gorgeous white BL and NL, quite a bit of gold and silver and some colored lace including black. One Italian BL dress front is particularly striking to me with the use of color in the flowers with black brides/bars holding them together. One piece uses "silk wrapped parchment" that I don't quite understand. There is an incredible band of NL worked in hair. The lace is of many, many kinds including Innishmacsaint from Ireland which we talked about here a few months ago. The price is $45.00USD but Barnes & Noble and Amazon offer it at a big discount and Jeri Ames got a big discount from her book local bookseller. Well, I wasn't too short on this review <G>. It is a spectacular book, lots of eye candy and lots and lots of inspiration! Jane in Vermont, USA where it's cloudy with a little rain to keep the flowers in bloom and the grass green! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
