I don't know about "ethical" repairs, or what demand there might be
for that. The lace repairs that I have actually seen were done for
people (who admittedly had $$) wanting their repaired item to look as
nearly as possible the way it did when it was new. Certainly the
thread _had_ to match (a nice trick if you're trying to match
200-year-old thread). I have seen repaired tablecloths that actually
looked pretty good after repairs. One item that sticks in the memory
is a multi-colored bedspread brought into this country many years ago
by the grandparents of a not-so-young couple who planned to used it
as a wedding-canopy and wanted a couple of big tears and holes
mended (I did this one myself!). A couple of needle-lace leaves and
flowers put that one right.
By the way, lots of people know how to make needle lace. Granted, our
numbers are puny compared to the number of bobbin-lace makers. Still,
we are here!
Aurelia
Devon wrote:
"ethical
conservation" requires that the conservator make the repair in a distinctly
different thread so that it is not confused with the original work.
how many textile conservators actually know how to make lace. I am sure that
they are good at mending, but I wonder if they can for instance fill in
missing areas. So the question is also, for several hundred
dollars, what does
the job actually look like at the end.
Devon
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