Don't forget that the Maltese Cross is actually the cross of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [lace] Re: lace ID In a message dated 6/24/2008 10:48:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find the only other one I'm happy being dogmatic about is the original Maltese, which I don't think anywhere else managed to equal. Well, Leonard, I had seen enough lace that I had concluded that any little thing that you "know" will be proven wrong, if you just see more lace. Within the last year, I saw a corner in a genuine 17th Antwerp bobbin lace and wept as that truism passed away. And at Gawthorpe, I saw lace replete with the characteristic Maltese cross that I would confidently tell anyone was made in Malta, only to have Dianne Derbyshire tell me that it had been made in Saxony along with many other pieces that I would have identified as Maltese. She refers briefly to this in her article that appeared in the Lace Magazine of the English Lace Guild. But I am not sure that she really puts across the pure horror of the implications of this, as I almost became physically ill at the discovery that they were fashioning Maltese crosses in Saxony. The discovery of these Saxony Maltese doppelgangers has been backed up with solid research by the folks at Gawthorpe. And, so now, everything I knew about lace has been proven to be wrong. Perhaps you have some methodology for identifying "original Maltese" that I don't know and I would be pleased to hear how you do it. I would certainly like to know something I could be dogmatic about! Devon **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
