While perusing the arizona university site, I found these two articles that might answer some questions that were posed on the list:
- for the person who was looking for Nouvelle France engageante information, look here for patterns, how to wear and other various information: Lace Caps of the Eighteenth Century. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol 5, No2 (1921) 6 pages www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/nb21_lc3.pdf - for those of you wishing to make lace jabots for Judge Sotomajor A video interview on choices for robes and collars given by Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg: http://supremecourt.c-span.org/Video/JusticeOwnWords/SC_Jus_FemaleJust.aspx and an article on jabots: Cravats by Mrs F. Nevill Jackson. The Connoisseur, Vol9 (1904) 7 pages www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/aea_lac1.psf - the ecclesiastical robe company in Quebec mentioned by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is probably Bertrand Foucher Belanger: http://www.bfb.ca/vw/fs/p010.htm Enjoy! and thank you to all those who wrote me with information about historical lace for re-enactors. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Guild of Lacemakers Ottawa Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
