Quite a few lacemakers were able to see the Smithsonian's lace version of the Bayeux Tapestry when our member Karen Thompson brought a large rolled photograph of it to OIDFA Caen last July. Karen is doing research on the origins of the lace version. If anyone on Arachne knows details about where it was made, when, and by whom, please share with us and Karen on Arachne. Sometimes valuable information is in old newspaper clippings, diaries, and books written in languages other than English. It is critically important that our members share lace scholarship. So much information was lost in the 20th Century due to the two World Wars. Word came to me this morning that residents of the Channel Island of Alderney have completed a embroidered version of the Bayeux Tapestry that includes an imagined final 3 new panels depicting the lost section of the original -- of William's arrival in London to be crowned after the Battle of Hastings. Though this is embroidered, some of you may be interested. You can Google "Bayeux Tapestry Finally Completed" for more information. If one of you finds actual photos of the 3 imagined scenes, it would be nice to know where to view them online. It appears people are now copying other people's research ideas on this subject. I happen to love the imagined version made by the well-known English researcher/embroiderer Jan Messent. Her version is in the 1999 book she wrote: "The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story", ISBN 0-951-634852. I always recommend this book to people interested in this historic period (1064 to 1066). Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center (Blizzard conditions today. Snow has drifted to over four feet in front of the garage doors on south side of my home/studio.)
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