On 31/12/2010 15:32, Ilske Thomsen wrote:
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Hello Ilske, and thank you very much for writing.
since more than 300 years exist lace-fans, bobbin- as well as needle-lace,
> all folded correctly.
I had not realised that fans could be so old; I imagined that they were
a fashion of the mid-Victorian period. (At least, the western -
Spanish? - type of fan, rather than the eastern - Chinese? Japanese? -
type. If these were actually different, that is.)
> Have you never seen a
> lace-fan in origin how fine, for example, the Chantilly-lace is?
No, sadly I've never seen any real lace fans, and had not even paid
attention to photographs, until I saw those in the album shown in the
link that Lorelei sent:
http://picasaweb.google.com/samag5180/MisTrabajos03#5359529389873792754
> Why do you get the impression it wouldn't do?
A good question . . . It's probably something to do with the kind of
lace I make myself. My Bucks lace is made with linen thread, which is
relatively thick and stiff, giving a lovely crisp lace, but which might
be hard to fold, hard to fit between the sticks, and hard to unfold,
(especially with that sudden snap which is one of the joys of being able
to express yourself by your use of a fan). It also has gimps which I
thought might suffer by being compressed when folded, pulled out of
shape where they went over the sticks, and frayed by opening and closing
the fan.
Perhaps you could write about your experience with other kinds of lace
and types of thread?
If you have the chance to come to Germany in summertime try to visit Munich.
Regretably, I think that it is very unlikely that I would ever be able
to visit Munich again. These days, I find it hard to get so far as the
local shops and the library, without a lot of help.
There will be a fan exhibition and I am sure with lace-fans too
This museum has wonderful ones.
And I regret even more that I did not take the opportunity to see the
museum when I was there - but it was a long time ago, before I knew
anything at all about making lace. Does it have a website?
Or visit me and I'll show you mine.
Thank you for your kind invitation - I wish that I could!
With best wishes,
Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).
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