to continue about lace lamps . they're not a myth and here's what is said on the website of the Le Puy lace center about what lace makers used to need:
* une petite chaise basse à haut dossier : elle est souvent lÕoeuvre du mari de la dentellière a small high-backed low chair which was very often made by the lacemaker's husband. Le Puy is a rural area in the center of France . * un tabouret pour reposer ses pieds : petit banc en bois rustique remplacé lÕhiver par une chaufferette garnie de cendres chaudes. a stool to put one's feet on : little rustic wooden bench replaced in the winter by a foot-warmer * un guéridon à 3 pieds sur lequel était posé la boule de verre remplie dÕeau qui diffusait et amplifiait la lumière de la lampe à huile sur le carreau. a three legged table on which stood a glass bowl filled with water which diffused and amplified the light from an oil lamp onto the pillow * une boîte à fuseaux : en bois souvent sculptée au couteau a bobbin box often sculpted with a knife . * une petite corbeille ronde pour contenir fils et ciseaux a little round basket to put threads and scissors. * une demi-aune : règle pour mesurer le travail en dentelle a ruler to measure the length of the lace . the measure was not a meter but an aune or a demi aune (half aune). some of the old ones as beautifully sculpted ... and horribly expensive ... * un plioir à dentelle en bois autour duquel on met la dentelle pour quÕelle ne se froisse pas. a lace folder : piece of wood , often beautifully sculpted, around which you wound the finished lace to prevent it from getting soiled ... http://www.ladentelledupuy.com/i_accueil.html and click on la dentelle du Puy at the top right hand corner . dominique from Paris where it's getting really cold . i had to take some of my plants indoors and my back is still resenting it .... but as i love low temps now (where is the time i could spend hours on a beach in the summer without flinching?! ) i am absolutely delighted . Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool? <anon> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
