I would love to buy a copy of the Lace Dealers Handbook but i live in the US. Does anyone have any idea about what costs would be, shipping, customs, exchange rate etc? Or how to find out? It is listed at 19£ on the website.
Thank you all for sharing. I'm a newbie but enjoying all the posts. Jean R, Mercer Pa Sue Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: >Several years ago I bought a booklet from The Lacemakers Circle the proceeds >of sales was for the restoration of The Lace Dealers Pattern Book actually I >think I might have bought it when visiting the Luton Museum. Must try to get >a copy of the new edition from them. > >Sue M Harvey >Norfolk >U.K. > >Sent from my iPad > >> On 28 Dec 2014, at 09:20, Beth Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> Luton Museum brought out a new edition of the book fairly recently ( late >> 2012), with new high-quality digital photographs of the samples - beautiful >> eye candy for any lacemaker, and an inspiration for the bucks point makers. >> >> I ordered mine directly from the Luton Museums' website - it's still >> available there >> https://www.lutonculture.com/shop/shop/books-and-media/the-lace-dealers-pattern-book/ >> >> >> hope all those who celebrate it have had a wonderful Christmas - I've even >> managed to find time for a bit of lace during the break, so Salamander no. 3 >> (in tropical lagoon camouflage) is ready to come of the pillow. >> >> Happy New Year 2015 - here's hoping we all have time for lace >> >> Beth >> in a very frosty Cheshire, NW England, but fortunately we've escaped the >> snow. >> >> Robin wrote: >>> ---- Sue wrote: >>> The pattern I >>> bought and used was taken from the Lace Dealers handbook (now have I got >>> that >>> quote right?) Does that mean it was a pattern in a book which people >>> might choose to >>> have made for a particular reason. >>> >>> Hi, Sue >>> >>> >>> >>> The Luton Museum's "Lace Dealer's Pattern Book" is a series of pages to >>> which snippets of lace are attached. The dealer would show these pieces, >>> produced by the women that worked for him, and the customer would pick the >>> one she wanted and tell how many yards (or pieces, if it's a motif). Then >>> the dealer would order that amount from the woman who specialized in that >>> pattern. >>> >>> The one at the Luton Museum got some fame when it was raising money to have >>> the book refurbished. They wanted to remount the lace pieces on archival >>> board. Arachne was one of the donors, by holding a raffle of prizes >>> donated by members. After the re-mounting, the museum had a book made of >>> photographs of the pages. >> >> - >> 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/ > >- >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/ - 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/
