I have this book.  The Paisley Pear is huge!  Tamara,
I don't think this is what you are looking for for
your project.

Diane Williams
Galena Illinois USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

--- Diana Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The pricking for the Paisley Pear design is the
> centre fold for the book
> published by the Lace Guild, written by Pat Rowley
> for the 'Art, Trade or
> Mystery' exhibition on Lacemaking in
> Northamptonshire held a few years ago.
> There is also a photograph of Betsy Gibbing of
> Paulerspury, Northamptonshire
> working the lace, possibly for the Midlands Lace
> Association, plus a couple
> of pictures of the lace.
> Some years ago a friend and I did voluntary work at
> Abington Museum,
> Northampton cataloguing the lace, the Paisley Pear
> was one piece which we
> were able to handle and study in the process. At
> about the same time we
> found a copy of the pricking of the design in
> Aylesbury Museum, with this
> information Pat were able to arrange a loan of the
> pricking to be displayed
> with the lace at the expo.
> I believe the Lace Guild still has copies of the
> book for sale in the
> current magazine.
> Diana
> 
> -
> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> containing the line:
> unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write
> to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 


=====
Diane Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galena Illinois USA

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

-
To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to