Hi Pat, Thanks for the web link. I will pass it on to Eve at the library. Sounds like it might be the piece they are looking for but it does not say where it went to. Janice
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Pat Tinney <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pat Tinney <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lace] Kenmare lace search To: "Janice Blair" <[email protected]>, "lace" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 9:05 AM I am in Texas. I have not been able to find out anything about this except for a reference in an article on the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland. http://www.crawfordartgallery.ie/1876-1900.html There is a reference to the "wife of an American millionaire named Winnaces" and a quilt costing £300. There is also a citation for this reference. HTH Pat -------------------------------------------------- From: "Janice Blair" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:50 PM To: "lace" <[email protected]> Subject: [lace] Kenmare lace search > 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
