In a private post from Malvary (my sister) she made the comment > Your question about Queen Ann Lace certainly generated a lot of messages > but didn't really answer your question
Yes, I noticed that! What I was more interested in "is there any way to work out when plant names first became lace somethings", ie before that lace wasn't a part of the public consciousness. And although I was very interested in finding out that it may indeed be the Queen Anne in the book I'm reading, there must be quite a jump from her courtiers saying "Oooh that plant looks just like our Majesty's lace," and country people calling it Q A's lace. So, are there for example, any ancient herbals (if that is the correct name for the documents covering the use of plants) which pre date the development of lace so they referred to plant x as one thing, whereas later ones (at some point in the 1500s presumably) started calling the same plant as lace something, then that could be an interesting pointer for when a wider awareness of lace left the courts and lacemakers and became part of general acceptance. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
