>>>From: Joy Beeson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Being the United States, it would be better to make laces from nine
different traditions -- perhaps with British laces over-represented. And
one of the laces should be an absolute mongrel. <<<
Torchon, despite it's name, seems to be a nearly-universal lace style. That
could be the "mongrel". Or some really modern freehand thing, not part of
any ethnic tradition. This would be for the Chief Justice, the
melting-pot-holder (that doesn't exactly come out right!).
As for the others, the various point grounds are too similar to each other
to have more than one representing an ancestral group. In general, I'd vote
for peasant type laces over the ones used by nobility/royalty, in keeping
with the Statue of Liberty's promise ("Give me your....downtrodden...").
Skansk knipling for the Scandinavian countries, Idrija, Slovak, Russian, and
what else?
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
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