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From: <jeria...@aol.com>
I have a 95-page 1980 lace exhibit book called "Catalogue of Antique Lace
from Dr. A. I. Spriggs' Collection at The English Lace School (Tiverton)",
copyrighted by Mrs. S. M. Cox. Does anyone know if Spriggs was related
to
Mrs. Cox? Are the laces in the January 2014 auction from his collection?
Also, I found a 1 1/2-page May 1980 article Mrs. Cox wrote for
International Old Lacers in the U.S.. This was about 18 months after The
English Lace
School was opened in Tiverton. It was quite a leap of faith to start,
because there was nothing like it in the U.K. at the time, and there were
very
few lace teachers.
Good morning Jeri
I have been unable to find the lace items for auction from the late Susan
Cox effects, so am unable to identify whether or not some are from his
collection. However, I did teach for many years at The English Lace School
both at Tiverton and Rockbeare where at that time the Dr Sprigs collection
was on permanent loan to the School, and every evening after dinner Susan
would bring out a selection of items from his collection, which we were all
able to view at close hand - what a treat that was!
I believe it was when the school closed that the complete collection then
transferred to the museum at Exeter. I have a letter from Dr Spriggs giving
me permission to photograph and use any of the lace from his collection for
my book that I was then writing 'Needlelace Designs and Techniques Classic &
Contemporary and several examples from the collection are featured in this
book. Heather Toomer and myself stayed at Cynthia Voysey's home and Heather
Toomer was in charge of the lace collections at that time. The three of us
spent a wonderful day together at the museum, discussing, photographing and
drooling over the beautiful laces in the Dr Spriggs collection.
If you are able to view the lace on the auction site and have a copy of my
book, you will possibly be able to identify and compare the laces. However,
somehow I doubt that any of the lace would be included in the auction as it
did not belong to Susan Cox but was on permanent loan and was then
tranferred to the museum at Exeter when the school closed. To the best of
my knowledge, Dr Spriggs was not related to Susan Cox, but I don't know for
certain.
Annette, I couldn't access the lace collection with the link you sent,
neither have I been able to find it through 'Google'
Happy New Year to all and I hope you have been able to make a little time to
yourselves to sit and make your lace, be it bobbin, needle,crochet, tatting
etc.
Catherine Barley
UK
Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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