Lynn Carpenter wrote: > I thought my lacemaking friends would enjoy this website: > > The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London - The Glove Collection and > its Catalogue > > http://www.glovecollectioncatalogue.org/ > > If you click on the links in the left sidebar, many of the gloves have > gold and silver bobbin lace edgings. > ...
Besides all the lace trimmings on gloves from all periods, did y'all see the all-lace gloves on the fifth page? /"Accession No. 23450 / /"A ladies' white linen tapelace glove and a matching single glove panel, probably Flemish, late 18th or early 19th century, the guipure tape made to shape, each with a design of large single bloom and coiling leaves on stem, and edged in bobbin tape, 37.5 cm long. Although the large sprouting bloom motif can be found in the late 17th and early 18th century, the long slim shape of the elbow length gloves suggests a late 18th or early 19th century date. "Part of the Collection donated to the Livery in 1959 by the late Robert Spence. "Conserved 1995 -- 1999 with help from the NHLF. "/ ... And it looks like this pair could have stood up to serious usage, too. Anybody want to work out a pattern for these? Boy, they'd make a unique part of a wedding outfit, wouldn't they? --- Maybe a fingerless version ... Thank you, Lynn! Beth S. --- delurking here, in brutally hot Kambah, Canberra, although it's not as bad as other places in Australia this week! Adelaide had 44-degree temperatures last week for several days (that's roughly 112-degrees Fahrenheit), and 30 sudden deaths over the weekend, nearly all of which were related to the heat, according to the news last night. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
