Check out this link. It looks like it was in the August 1962 issue of Antiques magazine.
http://books.google.com/books?id=N1pOh9GEO1EC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22Sheer+ Beauty-Early+Lace+Fans%22&source=bl&ots=RF_8pSWmP8&sig=wGdB3PmOvfqoN-_7EDeiih dnEZU&hl=en&ei=nWN8S__zMc2vtgeA78CaBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1& ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Sheer%20Beauty-Early%20Lace%20Fans%22&f=false deanna "How we treat the weakest among us is how we will be judged." Mehmet Oz, M.D. My Blog: http://eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com/ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [lace] vintage magazine article > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:39:09 -0800 > > Last year I purchased some lace threads, books, etc. form the estate of a > Northwest Washington lacemaker named Paula Russell. In one of the notebooks > is a photo copy of an article: "Sheer Beauty - Early Lace Fans" by Esther > Oldham. > I am wondering if any one might be familiar with the article and know what > book or magazine it might have come from, or if you might be familiar with > the author's name. There is no indication of a publication date or source on > any of the 4 pages. > There are 4 pages to the article: #1 has pix of 2 ladies dated 1639 and > 1641 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston > respectively. It continues with a pixs of reticella and a 'reticella fan' > made of pierced vellum, another lady in 'Summer dress circa 1678' and pixs of > 9 lace fans from various collections (5 are from the author's collection, > others from museums). > I know it is a long shot that anyone else has seen this article, but one > never knows when 'asking Arachne'. > If you know of this article, its source, or the author, please let me (and > everyone) know. > > Lorri > Graham, Washington, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
