In a message dated 2/3/2009 4:29:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
That didn't come into use with lace until after the 1860 exhibition in France in the Cluny Hotel, and people started calling that kind of lace 'Cluny' Initially, I was wondering whether Alice knew something I didn't know, since I was under the impression that the term Cluny came from the laces in the Cluny Museum in Paris. But when I thought about it, I realized that the Cluny Hotel, or Hotel de Cluny is probably another name for the Musee national du Moyen Age-Thermes de Cluny where the other (red) unicorn tapestries reside. I have pulled out my book Les Dentelles by Anne Kraatz and I think it says (in French, unfortunately) the laces from the Cluny Museum were transferred to the Musee national de la Renaissance Chateau d'Ecouen. I know I didn't see any but a little lace at the Cluny Museum when I was there about 15 years ago, although the Roman baths in the basement are fascinating. According to Levey, Cluny was developed in the 1860's based on seventeenth century Genoese lace in the Cluny Museum in Paris. Alice, where did you get the information about the exhibition? It sounds interesting. Also interesting is the fact that the lace company owned by Sheila and John Mason, who are 8th generation machine lace makers is called Cluny Lace _http://www.clunylace.com_ (http://www.clunylace.com) I wonder if there is any connection. Devon **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x12 01191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
