Lucie, I would certainly be interested in seeing pictures of the museum, but someone else will need to help you with instruction on how to upload. I have never tried it before. Liz Redford (usually in Raleigh, but working in Atlanta this week) ---- [email protected] wrote: > 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]
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