On Jul 30, 2004, at 5:03, Sof wrote:
Me I was in Bailleul (France) in the same time, a wonderfull lace meeting.
You can see pictures on :
http://blondecaen.chez.tiscali.fr/bail1.htm#BAILLEUL http://www.dentellieres.com/Reportage/R2004/Bailleul/index.htm
It did look like a wonderful lace meeting, even to me, who doesn't speak a word of French...
I was amused by the display of the lacy undies, mostly thong-type (page 3 of the first website). Remember the "flap" when the crocheters from Koniakow first started making them a couple of years back? Well, those were available in several Warsaw shops this summer. Then, in Prague, I saw them - in bobbin lace - on the Polish stand from Bobova. And now in France... They still look uncomfortable to me <g>
The museum(?) exhibition (p 13 of the first website) was *spectacular*; especially the Chantilly shawls. But why was there no caption under the photo of the painting(?) of the 3 lacemakers at their pillows? Is it a painting? Who painted the picture? Where does it reside normally? I know of several people who "collect" sightings of representations of lacemakers in art (painting, sculpture) and it would be interesting info to all of us.
It was also interesting to observe the cultural difference between the English and the French; in England, it's St Catherine who's the patron saint of lacemakers, in France, it seems to be St Anne (mother of Mary?) Who are patron saints of lacemakers in other countries?
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush.
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