In a message dated 8/17/06 8:19:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Three of us had a trip to Buckingham Palace yesterday, where this year's > special exhibition is 80 evening gowns from the Queen's wardrobe, as well as > three suites of jewellery - diamonds, emeralds and aquamarines. In the shop > later, Pauline bought a book on royal fans and told me about > this web site http://tinyurl.com/h8r78 where 61 fans are available to study. > You can enlarge the picture then zoom in and see detail very clearly. There > are several lace fans on it. Hope the fan collectors amongst you will enjoy > it. > > Liz Pass > Dear Lace Scholars, Early this year, Jean Leader wrote about the Fan exhibit when it was at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. There were said to be two books. I invested in the more permanent one for my library: "Unfolding Pictures - Fans in the Royal Collection" By Jane Roberts, Prudence Sutcliffe and Susan Mayor Royal Collection Publications 2005, Hardcover, 12 ½" x 9 ¼", 223 pages, $60 US 340 illustrations, 320 in colour ISBN 1-902163-16-8 If you call yourself a fan collector, you will especially enjoy this book, which features a fan history, a review of the use of fans in Great Britain, information about royal owners and collectors, and 82 fans. There are *many royal portraits* where the fans are shown in hand. Very useful to those with costume interests. It is really a gem of a book, and I have spent the Summer letting it lead me to other explorations in my library, revisiting old "friends" - books! The large size means that many photographs show fans or details full size. The paper quality is excellent - no shadowy details. What you see on the Website resembles a section at the back called "Illustrated Descriptions". But the main text is what is so appealing and compelling. This is not a one-day read, but more of a "slowly digested banquet". The sequence in the book is not quite the same as on the Website. I recommend you look for dates, if trying to match to descriptions below: 11 = An early example of a fan with a trompe l'oeil painted leaf. Scenes appear to be laid on top of lace. 21 = Brussels lace fan 1770-80 (cut from a larger lace) 23 = Aurora & Apollo 1780 (more about lace connection later) 31, 32, 33, 34, 49, plus many fan sticks and guards = carved ivory, reminds of description of some laces as "carved ivory in appearance" 54 = Paper leaf watercolor by Lady Alford 1877 (more about lace connection later) 62 = Queen Victoria's black silk fan edged with machine lace 1890 (held in the final moments of her life) 63 = Point de Gaze linen lace fan 1893 64 = Irish Youghal fan of linen/cotton needle lace 1893 65 = Honiton lace fan of linen/cotton 1893 69 = Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee silk Maltese lace fan 1897 78 = Queen Mary's Coronation cotton Honiton lace fan 1911 79 = Brussels cotton lace fan 1920 Perhaps you will agree that a fan is a portable exhibit of an artist's skills, whether we are looking at the fan leaf (often both sides), fan sticks, or guards. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------- Now that you have enjoyed looking at these laces, in my next memo, a lace connection to number 23. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
