In a message dated 9/23/2013, [email protected] writes: I am so excited because our lace group is going to Hampton Court next June to visit The Royal School of Needlework; I think this book will be good homework prior to our visit. Sue M Harvey, NorfolkU.K.
------------------- Dear Sue, Please start early to read other book reviews about the Tudors (to the present) on Arachne. You can search by author/title, but if that does not work for you, search by my name. Fair warning - there are over 1,000 memos from me in the archives to wade through, and they are not in date order. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html Recommend you use something like Google to look at what information is available - search both Royal School of Needlework and Hampton Court Palace. Among many interesting articles, you may find something about the 125th anniversary of RSN. They published a 63-pg. booklet about that in 1997. Books published by The Royal School are interesting. You could brush up on embroidery and what they teach and do there. I recommend "Royal School of Needlework - Needlework & Embroidery", Edited by Lanto Synge, Wm. Collins Pub., 1986, for an over-view. He also is associated with other books on antique UK needlework in my library. There are 10 other embroidery book entries from The Royal School on my shelves. Plus, Lady Marian Alford's "Needlework as Art" - rare and mint first edition, 1886. (This may have been re-published recently.) It has a wonderful translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses (from the Greek) by Earl Cowper - of "Story of Arachne". Lady Alford's London home (built to her designs) was Alford House, Princes Gate. She was among the founders of the Royal Society of Art Needlework in Kensington in 1872. The word "Royal" was granted in 1876, and the word "Art" was dropped in 1922. May I suggest your local lace group contact your local embroiderers' guild to find out where you can access books like these locally? I have been to The Royal School of Needlework 5 times; the last two at Hampton Court. Took classes there when still located at Princes Gate in London (near the V&A). Hampton Court is very interesting, and a lot of walking, so wear comfy shoes. Gardens are wonderful, and I wish you a sunny day. The RSN is way in the back left corner, when facing the main entrance. Also at the back is the oldest (Tudor) indoor tennis court - still in use. Love everything there, and would go again in a heartbeat. To do it justice requires more than one day. 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/
