Spiders, I happened to be in Springfield, Illinois yesterday for work and talked my boss into an hour's visit to the brand new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. (We spent an hour in the museum and an hour in the gift shop!) An hour isn't nearly enough, but we zipped through a special exhibit they had on the First Ladies. There were a few dresses and I was trying to peer closely in the dim light to look at the lace on the dresses. There were only a couple that had lace. One I distinctly remember was from the 1820s and had what looked like tambour on it. The only other dress with lace was from the 1870s or 1880s and was definitely machine lace. Does anyone know when chemical lace started because that's what it looked like.
The museum was wonderful; I can't wait to go back! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA > Tamara wrote: > I expect that, early on, machine-made lace had a > "novelty cachet" that > hand-made didn't (didn't one of the American First > Ladies wear, on her > husband's inauguration, a dress of machine-made lace > given to her by a > Nottingham factory?). Which I suspect is the reason > why you see little > (if any) hand-made lace in the early Haute Couture > (including the > AngloMania Met exhibit) > __________________________________________________ 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]
