Hi, Last night at our guild meeting at the local library, the librarian came in to visit and told us about a trip she had taken to Ireland. She has come back with a mission. She visited the Kenmare Lace & Design Center where she saw demonstrations of a local needlelace run by Nora Finnegan. The center also houses the unique antique Kenmare Lace preserved by the sisters at St. Clares Convent. www.kenmarelace.ie
<They would like to trace a Bedspread and Pillow Cover of Kemore Needlepoint lace which was commissioned by Mrs. Winnaces from the convent of the Poor Clares, Kemare in 1889. The cost then was $300 - the cost of 3 houses at that time. I was thought to be in a museum in Texas run by a Senator Thomas'es wife - since deceased and the museum is now closed. This lace was described by Alan Cole in the late 1800's as "The most important piece of lace ever made in Ireland".> If any of our Texas Arachne or our more knowledgeable spiders have ever heard of this museum or piece of lace please let me know and I will pass on the information. I think the nuns want to have some photos for display in their museum and would like to know who owns the pieces now. Thanks, Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
