Some time ago, I was given a Bedfordshire collar by an elderly friend - his mother, a lace teacher in Olney, had made it in around 1910.
Last year, being tempted on a visit to The Hollies to buy Cynthia Voysey's Bobbin Lace in Photographs (I already had the Needlelace one), there is a photograph of an identical collar, Plate 61. Unfortunately, other than the caption to the photograph, it is not listed in the credits as to which collection the original collar is in, and as the two are identical (other than the slight damage to the one depicted in the book) it was obviously made from a commercial pattern, and I wondered if there was any way of finding out a bit more, eg who designed it, etc. Any ideas? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
