Yes, actually, I was going to ask about the lace collection. From what I can tell, Cleveland has an excellent lace collection. Some pieces were donated by Mrs. E.S. Harkness to that museum in honor of her mother-in-law, as the family had Cleveland roots. Mrs. Harkness was a major lace donor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's lace collection. Also at the Cleveland Museum are part of the Schiff collection. The collection that belonged to American expatriate Ida Schiff was divided into three, with one third going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and one third to Clevelend, the last third going to a Minnesota museum. Photographs from the Schiff Collection are featured throughout Ricci's book Old Italian Lace, which has been republished by Dover. The Schiff collection has a lot of laces that are identified in the book as being from the 16th and 17th centuries. Peg, could we prevail upon you to launch a hunger strike on the steps of the Cleveland Museum in an effort to get them to put photos of all their lace on-line? Devon
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