I found the following book in our local consignment/thrift shop on Sunday afternoon. Paid a mere $9.75 for this very large, hardcover book with LOTS of beautiful color photos.
Lace History and Fashion by Anne Kraatz It's a very nice book and talks by century about types of lace and how they were made, beginning with the 16th and going through the 20th. I believe it was originally published in French because there is a note at the beginning that Pat Earnshaw translated it to English. At the end of each "century" section, it recaps the types of lace and what each region was doing. There are quite a few photos of art to connect the lace to the fashions of the time. In one section, there is a marvelous photo of a piece of polychrome lace. And, the ground is black thread! In my polychrome class at the IOLI this summer, Pompi said that the ground was traditionally white or off-white. It makes me sad to think of all those polychrome samples and pieces that were lost. The emphasis in the book is on Italian, French and other continental laces. I was overjoyed with my find, and was happy to forego the purchase of the 1950s hand-crank card shuffler once I saw this book on the shelf! I have reached the bottom of my polychrome piece from class and am debating how to through out pairs, so I hope to have a photo for the webshots next week. 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]
