Op 12-feb-2007, om 11:18 heeft lace-digest het volgende geschreven:
Nelleke wrote:
Something very nice happened. Last week I was approached by a
friend of mine
who makes historical costumes. She is hired by the army museum in
Delft, The
Netherlands, to make a historical correct costume for Prins Maurits
in the
period 1595-1610. In that time he was the military leader of The
Netherlands
(more or less. We were at war and the borders were very different
from today).
To make this costume realy historical correct, my friend needs some
historical
correct lace. And she asked me to make it. For money! Not much,
arround
minimum wage, but I'm not complaining. Now I need a pattern. So my
question to
you is, who has, or knows of, a nice simple pattern that is correct
for the
period 1595-1610. I need about 0,5 meters of 1,5 cm wide. The
portret on which
the costume will be based shows a dainty little braided lace. But
it is not
clear enough to see precicely what the lace looks like. It seems to
be little
points, something like 9 pin edge. Is that correct for the time? It
doesn't
have to be dutch lace.
Nelleke,
I think it is a good idea to contact Lia Baumeister about this. She
also reconstructed laces for the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam. She
surely be glad to advise you or help you out with this.
Before that we also reconstructed laces from a painting. the lace on
this painting wasn't also very clear, but with help of books of
historical laces and Lia's knowledge about that subject, we managed
to do it.
Good luck
Gon Homburg
from a wet Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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