In a message dated 7/14/2013 4:56:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
A straight-forward review of In Fine Style in the Queen's Gallery is easy - go and see it, if you're in London before it closes in early October, and if you haven't planned on being there, change your plans. Similarly, buy the catalogue. ------------------------------------ Leonard and I correspond privately, and I know he will not mind if I share how to obtain more book information, if you are interested. He provided a 6-paragraph overview of his impressions of lace exhibitions and books. Below is how to access old book reviews. I recommend utilizing InterLibrary Loan. You can do general internet searches for all titles. In our Arachne Archives there are lots of memos. The first words of each item below (before the dash) is what you should search http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html 1. Bowes Museum - where you will find 5 pages, total 40 memos. "Fine & Fashionable - Lace from the Blackborne Collection" by Hashagen and Levey. ISBN: 0-9548182-4-5. My apprentices: Read the last memo, on page 5: "Book Reviews and Buying Books". 2. Tudor Tailor - 5 memos in this file, including book reviews of previous books. 3. Patterns of Fashion - lots of comments, in 90 memos. This is the late Janet Arnold's work. She also wrote "Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd" which contains a huge amount of research. 4. V & A's "permanent British gallery 1500-1700" recommended by Leonard. Not in our Archives (except in memos about the Margaret Layton jacket). There is a huge 488-page book, pub. 2001, when the V & A reopened these exhibits after extensive renovation: "Design & the Decorative Arts - Britain 1500-1900", by Snodin and Styles, ISBN 0-8109-6586-0. Comprehensive coverage of how things looked, who led taste, how fashionable things were used in daily life, new products and impact of innovation on design. There is a limited amount of lace, and a fair amount of what I'll call "lace in context" in paintings and of the fork tines facing down sort. 5. Lace from the Victoria and Albert Museum - Clare Browne's book was reviewed by me April 22, 2004. ISBN 0-8109-6623-9. It is at the top of pg. 4 in our archive under this book title. The 12-page Introduction is easy reading and to be commended. The remainder is all glorious photos of lace. Thanks for the memories, Leonard. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
