A friend has sent me this link:-
http://www.weissgallery.com/catalogue/weiss25years.htm
It will take you to the on-line catalogue of the Weiss Gallery in
London, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a remarkable
exhibition. Portraits from the 16th and 17th centuries are their
specilaism, and this catalogue has beautiful photographs of many
remarkable persons. Not only can you study it on-line, but you can also
download it as a pdf without any charge.
Of course, all the people are wearing their best clothes, including some
amazing lace. You can zoom in on the photographs, (some of which are
close-ups themselves). Perhaps the experts on this list will even be
able to say something about the kinds of lace and how it was made?
Personally, I just admire it all. But I'm very intrigued to see how the
lace was worn: caps, collars, cuffs, even lace on shoes. And I'm
particularly interested to see all the lace on the children's clothes.
(Evidently children were much better behaved in those days . . . !)
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I've been doing for the past hour,
Linda Walton,
(on a cool and gloomy evening in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.,
where we're still hoping for rain).
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