This reply is for Regina, but all Arachne members will see how previous experiences can influence present research methods, and perhaps help solve a lace mystery. Regina, I suggest you check the libraries of Historical Societies near your home. Perhaps you saw the book in one of their libraries. Information about Dutch immigrants may have made its way to the early Dutch villages along the Hudson from descendents of families who moved out of New Amsterdam. This suggestion is because I remember doing research for you in connection with a donated antique Dutch lace cap that had come into a local collection near you. Tess and I went down to Ipswich years ago to visit the Ipswich Historical Society properties and to see what they had about the lace industry. We bought a 48-page book published by the society in 1903: "Fine Thread, Lace and Hosiery in Ipswich" and "Ipswich Mills and Factories". The text went back to 4,000 BCE to spinning of threads in Egypt, covered the cottage industry of handmade bobbin laces in the Federal era, and progressed to recent manufacturing in Ipswich. Both women and men were employed in these industries.. What I am suggesting is that non-copyrighted old printed documents are probably available, by location, in Historical Society collections. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ------------------------------------------------------------ In a message dated 3/24/2013 11:04:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
.......does this truly mean that the men themselves were lacemakers, or that they were employed in the business of lace in the sense that they were middlemen who bought lace from the women who were making it and then re-sold it? I came across this record of a man named Montfort who came early to America and was a "laceworker" - I would guess that he found another trade after he arrived in wild Manhattan/New Amsterdam. I believe there is another record which refers to him in this way - don't have it to hand right now. Don't know how I came across this entry, or who underlined it so heavily. Regina Haring, Nanuet NY, Metro Chapter IOLI - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
