Dear all, I hope that Angela doesn't mind me adding to her lace tales on Croatia but I've just returned from a weeks break in the Dubrovnik region. I was able to access the Dubrovnik ethnographic museum located in the old town within an old granary and found some examples of lace on the top floor- i sneekily took some shots without flash on my camera phone and will upload to community webshots. Could someone tell me some info like the origins: ie Pag or Lepoglava etc. they seems a combination of braid and point ground laces with embroidery centre. I thought it was gorgeous! There were some examples of the local dress too. some of which involved a lot of fur which with the temperatures we were enjoying we couldn't comprehend. The whole area was lovely as were the people we met! I would recommend it to anyone wanting history and relaxation in whatever ratio required.
Rhiannon (back to a scorching sunday in Ireland) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [lace] A Lace Safari in Croatia No 2> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:32:32 +0100> > Our first sight of the coastline of Croatia was disappointing as the aeroplane> swooped down into a misty landscape, but I could just make out the rocky> indentations and the dozens of little islands. It was early evening and a> short taxi drive took us to a small but pleasant suburban hotel just outside> the town. In the morning we were provided with a town map and instructions> where to find the local bus, No 6 into Dubrovnik.> Our learning curve was steep - bus stops are marked by yellow lettering on the> road, nearly worn away and took some finding. We entered the mediaeval city> by a gateway in the high walls. It is built on a peninsula jutting out to> sea, a magnificent fortification. Very narrow stone cobbled streets, lined> with small shops, criss-cross the town in a grid structure, punctuated by the> occasional large building, church or open square. The town has been heavily> reconstructed after the 1991 bombardment, which is good, but the result lacks> some of the atmosphere of older places.> > We left no little shop unturned. There was much modern embroidery for sale in> the form of mats, table-cloths, doilies etc. Copies of patterns from> traditional costume in counted stitchery, all worked from the wrong side of> the fabric. One shop had some antique costume for sale, but very expensive.> I opted for two small embroidered mats. Only one shop was selling lace and> had examples of the Pag needlelace and the Lepoglava bobbin lace. This too> was expensive, but the Lepoglava lace was beautiful and an oval piece reminded> me of Miss Channer's mat. Pauline decided to wait until we got to Pag and to> Lepoglava, before buying any lace - a wise decision, it never does to go mad> on the first day.> > Next - up the coast to Split.> > Angela Thompson> > --> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.> It has removed 2989 spam emails to date.> Paying users do not have this message in their emails.> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len> > -> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line:> unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ ItÂ’s time to join the family - Get the next generation of Free Windows Live Services now! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
