Anyone reading Our booklet on Regency lace will see that we certainly have studied the Luton collection.
There is an acknowledgement in our list of reference books. The date "AROUND 1820" is surely on target with our conclusions. George IV was Regent from 1811 to 1820, and King until 1830, which is why we suggest the compilers of the Luton book used that date. There is no mistake. Lacemaking is an evolving process and techniques change very slowly, Mrs Palliser was writing in the middle of the century for people who had lived and made lace through those early years. Our point is simply that the style and techniques peculiar to Regency lace predate the Floral Bedfordshire lace which developed with Thomas Lester in the middle of the Nineteenth Century. We all look forward to the publication of Alex Stillwell's new book and are sure that it will be as interesting as the first one. Angela Brown Jean Mary Eke Joke Sinclair Sandi Woods - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
