Greetings, all - For over a year I have been volunteering a few hours a week at a local history museum which was bequeathed a lace collection of over 400 pieces of lace, of varying kinds and quality.
It has been a most enjoyable and educational experience to catalog and describe these pieces, more of which have turned out to be handmade than I thought at first glance. I am about to begin to enter the information for each piece into a software program developed for museums called Past Perfect. I can still make changes in my descriptions as I am entering them, and what I need help with is deciding how to describe the color of the lace. White is of course obvious, but there are so many other shades. I know the threads we use are often named bleached or half-bleached or unbleached, but I don't think those terms would be appropriate for these finished pieces. Should I distinguish - should I say "off white", "cream", "ecru", "beige"? Then there are a few with a distinctly "peachy" quality. I'd like to know if there is a standard way that these colors are described in museum terminology. Any help and comments appreciated! Regina Haring Nanuet, NY - 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/
