Thank you! I need to know this because I am researching a 'atelier de production" (a workshop) in the local Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) Mother House in Ottawa. This is the book they have and I am trying to determine the resourses available to them and when for their production of liturgical lace.
This is a big help since it helps me establish a chronology for the likely availability of writen sources. The Grey Nuns made liturgical lace (mainly but nor exclusively embroidered net called 'Richelieu work') for almost 150 yrs in Ottawa and much of the tools, patterns, and samples are still availabe (but uncatalogued) in their small museum. If people are interested, I could upload a few pictures of the museum and the lace on Arachne's page. (And how exactly would I do that?) Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada > Hello Lucie ( and Lynn) > > From your description, it appears that you have a French edition. The > earliest French edition that I have details for was dated Oct 1909, when > 630,000 copies had been printed. I don't have the number of pages for > this > one, which is the larger size, but the 1924 pocket size contained 828. So > it appears that your book predates 1909. > > I keep looking for more clues to dates - the best so far was a English > version which had a handwritten inscription - Holmes, Windermere, 1895. I > believe the first book was published in 1886. > > Hope this helps a bit, > > Liz > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 14 October 2009 19:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [lace] Dillmont again - to Liz Pass in Poole, Dorset > > > Dear Liz, > maybe you can help me date my Therese de Dillmont, Encyclopedie de > Ouvrages > des Dames. Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave (n.d.) 826 pages + 44 pages of > ads > and contents. Olive green cloth cover, black and gold DMC logo paper on > inside cover, 560,000 printed copies, pocket size (9.5cm x > 14cm) > > thank you > > Lucie DuFresne > Ottawa Canada > > - > 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] > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
