Hallo,
there is a group specilised in the art of "Mechelse Kant"
they have a enormous collection of mechelse kant and also a 20 or more
original pattern books from the old days
and i mean real patternbooks from the 1800 i beleve
it was about to be trown into a fire when someone nearby
happend to see them and said NOOOOOO WAYYYYYYY
and so just by coinsidence of that person beeing there this treasure was
saved
the person whom learned it from one of the older nons in a convent of
Mechelen way back in the 60or 70ties is Mrs Nieke Vermant
she does not do a lot of traditional work anymore
but is you want information on it i am sure she is THE ONE to contact
she lives in the town next to Mechelen called Bonheiden
they have a website
http://www.kantcentrumbonheiden.be/
they are very very much into renewing the art of lace and espacialy to
teach young ones
from age 7 to.......
it is one of those more livly groups
francis
in a horrible drooling raining cold wet unpleasant belgium
i wiched i was back inn the californian climate............
Ilse Depaepe schreef:
Dear fellow lace makers,
I have just joined this list but I like the information I am getting.
I hope one of you can help me. I live in a town called Mechelen (Malines)
in Belgium. In the 1600s the lace made in my town was considered as one of
the best in the then known world. The British poet Edward Young described
it as the 'Queen of laces'.
In 1713 princess Anne of England, daughter of Charles II bought 57 meters of
it. And it is also known that Marie-Antoinette, the last queen of France
had some for her wedding.
I have seen samples of the lace in our museum. But I can't find anyone
anymore who can teach me the technique. There are no real books or
instructions I have been able to find.
So I was hoping any of you had heard of this type of lace and would be able
to point me in the right direction. I would love to be able to make some
lace again altough in my history book of the town it says it took years to
learn the technique
Thank you very much!
Ilse D.
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