I read only the front-page news and the business section; DH reads the
whole paper... When he comes accross something "lacy", he leaves the
relevant page, face up, at my place on the kitchen table to find
whenever convenient.
In today's (Thursday, January 26), House & Home section (D), in the
upper right corner of "Currents" by Marianne Rorhrlich, there's a
snippet, titled "Dinnerware":
"Adding Lace to the Table (But Not With a Cloth)
Lace may seem like an unexpected motif for ceramicplates, but now that
designers are recycling formerly fusty flourishes into fresh looks, it
makes perfect sense. And Parisienne chargers, handmade in France with
textured white-on-charcoal lace patterns, are certainly one way to
fancy up a classic white plate. The chargers, 13 inches in diameter,
come in three patterns -- raisins (above), Mantille and Seville -- and
like most lace must be washed by hand; $98 each at anthropologie.com"
"Formerly Fusty Flourishes"???? As opposed to "Fresh looks"???? The
lady is, obviously, indulging in a bout of alliterative fancy but,
still... Even as a card-carrying member of International OLD Lacers I'm
mortally oFFended :)
I have no idea as to what a "charger" might be (outside a medieval
battlefield) but assume it's an "underplate"; the "thingie" -- solid
gold in the case of some royals -- which was put under the fancy china
to protect the (equally fancy) tablecloth from spills and which
remained in place throughout the dinner, even as the top plates were
changed.
The (pictured) "Raisins" seems to be a fragment of a larger piece,
which looks to be tatted (little circles ad infinitum). I have been
unable to find the snippet on line via any search I could think of; all
searches result in the same response: "no results in paid death
notices" (helloooo? A bit premature? Amusing, all the same <g>)
A search for the website produced:
http://www.anthropologie.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1172&itemType=CATEGORY
#3 from the left, listed as "Seville", is the one pictured in NYTimes
as "Raisins"; *someone* has their wires crossed :)
The idea of incorporating an imprint of lace (or anything else) in a
clay/porcelain object is nothing new; even in our little town one can
buy plates and bowls sporting such imprints. I haven't checked the
price recently, but it used to be a lot cheaper than nearly a 100 bucks
per, not surprisingly; the same piece of lace can be reused many
times... By the same token, the claim of each piece being
"one-of-a-kind" is a Tiny-Tad _stretched_ (pun intended) ; the
differences come from different positioning, not different lace.
As far as I'm concerned, the two glasses I got from one of the German
suppliers (with "tape" lace "painted" on top (can't remember who it was
I got them from) were a much better deal, at something like $6 per
glass (including shipping, I think).
And to come back to the idea of using lace imprinted in ceramic
dinnerware... I just received (serendipity <g>) a message, from a
lacemaker, on the very same subject, and am cc-ing my "article" to her,
in case she's missed it on the list... :)
Cherry, please send your -- very interesting -- input to the list.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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