In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Annette Meldrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Dear Jane and all, >Oops, was going by my memory and didn't get the book out. >Thanks for clarifying. The reference to Honiton tapes is relevant to the >discussion of tape laces but not to this particular book obviously.
Just in case anyone hasn't got the book and is confused, the title, "Antique Point and Honiton Lace", gives the contents of the two sections of the book in one go - "it does what it says on the cover"!! :-) The first section is a description of how to make the tape laces of the period - Branscombe and such like, and if I remember correctly there is a page of engravings showing the tapes available to purchase - which are not solely for Branscombe Point. There are wonderfully clear diagrams of the filling stitches - I would have been lost without it when I had to make a couple of samples of Branscombe Point for City & Guilds! The second half of the book concentrates on how to make Honiton bobbin lace, with a few pages at the back devoted to the care and cleaning used at the time the book was published. I think her style of writing is wonderful too, especially in the introduction when she is comparing the number of lacemakers, and their earnings, to times gone by - the lacemakers had definitely, by the time she wrote the book, fallen on hard times. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
