I've recently been asked about some high prices for antique lace as seen on Ebay, along with comments that perhaps lace was being cut up in small pieces in order to sell it quickly. I don't know how many of you have been able to visit the Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, CA, but we do have the experience of receiving old pieces of lace in damaged condition, probably caused because of poor storing condition or perhaps, lack of care. If we already have better pieces catalogued in our collection we do cut such lace and sell undamaged pieces of it We also put small pieces of such lace on Christmas balls and sell them at the Museum.
The balls are very beautiful and show off the lace quite well. We tag the lace with its type and other pertinent information so that others may learn something about it. The current display at the Museum has a tree decorated with such balls, and is lovely to see. We also have part of our extensive doll collection on display. Many of the dolls have lace on their clothing. Two of the lovely old dolls are large enough to wear antique christening robes. I spent 2 hours ironing one of them a couple of weeks ago. It made me realize just how much work our predecessors went through to dress their little ones. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
