The CRB did a lot to help the unemployed lace makers in Belgium. Many of the laces were sold in the US, but they also went to European countries and further east. Devon wrote an aritcle that is in the Bulletin from a few years ago, although I don't have the time at the moment to look up which one. A friend and I live in CA and have been visiting the Hoover archive and going through the sales slips and communications about the CRB and the lace they sold. It is fascinating stuff. We are in the process of trying to have a pamphlet republished of the actual lace, which I will be sure to post about whenever it is finished.
Kim On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Cynce Williams <cyncewilli...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Yes, I remember it. *Bobbins of Belgium* by Charlotte Kellogg. It's the first > book I ever read about bobbin lace. > > Cynthia > > > On Apr 20, 2012, at 10:36 AM, jeanette wrote: > >> What are the facts again about the USA helping Flemish lacemakers during the >> First World war? Does it not have something to do with either supplying >> thread or selling the lace in the USA? Then there was some sort of gift to >> the USA. As I recall this comes from a book by Kellog (??) about >> lacemaking?? I am sure Jeri Ames will know! >> >> Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. >> >>> >>> Dear Karen, >>> >>> I think I can give you some help, although I am Dutch and not Flemish. >>> In this context "hulde" is best translated as "honour" or "homage". I am >>> a bit confused with "de Vereenigde Staten". This means The United States >>> of America, but they didn't declare war on Germany till 1917. That said, >>> this could mean thanking them for their help in other ways. >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: >> http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
