Dear Nathalie, Regarding the Princess Lace part of your inquiry: Roberta A. Chase has taught this lace technique for The Embroiderers' Guild of America and (I think) for International Old Lacers. She gives her classes a workshop manual that she copyrighted in 1995. This contains 64 pages of information on history (often required in EGA classes) and instructions on how to make Princess Lace. She was a personal friend, but I've lost track of her since 2003. The following location has another version of her book, only 43 pages, titled "Princess Lace Primer". I don't know if the history is included in this shorter version of her book. _http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/CB_LaceNeedleBattenberg.html_ (http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/CB_LaceNeedleBattenberg.html) You might like to see the list of all books available from Lacis that are related to your area of interest (tape laces). Some may not be in English. Jane Viking Swanson is a member of Arachne, and an expert on Battenberg laces. No doubt you will hear from her about the Battenberg gift. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
In a message dated 6/17/2010 4:01:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: "Battenberg lace was named after Lord Mountbatten who married princess Beatrice of England. A wedding present in Batten lace was given by queen Victoria to the couple. Does anyone has more information about this present? I am also looking for books on the history of Belgian Princess lace. Any help is welcome! :-) Nathalie" - 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]
