This has really been and interesting thread. Hurrah for Arachne Lorri
________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Karen Thompson <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 6:16 AM To: Arachne Subject: [lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow Dear Janice, Lorri and others, Thank you for all the interest. Hopefully this thread will help shed more light on a very important part of American handmade lace history. Janice writes: "One thing I did notice though was that the Smithsonian lace had a left footside whereas most English lace to my knowledge have a right hand footside. Maybe Karen can explain why the change of side if the lady who produced the lace originally came from England ." Elizabeth Lord Lakeman was born in Ipswich, MA in 1767 and moved to Hallowell, Maine upon marriage. She worked one of the original Ipswich lace patterns as a young woman living in Ipswich, MA. It is now in the Smithsonian collection, where you can see it at: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_645070 [http://americanhistory.si.edu/sites/all/themes/nmah2014/images/nmah-print.jp g]<http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_645070> Ipswich Bobbin Lace Pattern From Late 1700's | National ...<http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_645070> americanhistory.si.edu Description The Ipswich lace industry used patterns such as this linen pasteboard pricking in the late 1700's. The pattern corresponds to one of the black silk lace ... or as the last object by searching Smithsonian lace collection . It corresponds to one of the samples from 1789-1790 at the Library of Congress (number 9) . Later in her life she made the white point ground lace that is left on her Ipswich pillow when she died at the age of 94. At this point we do not know where the first lace teacher in Ipswich, MA came from or when, but since about 600 lace makers made lace in Ipswich, MA in 1790, lacemaking had been practiced there for a long time. Most likely the original teacher came from the c ontinent or the Downton area as the footside is on the left. Lorri writes: " If the bolster was situated opposite of the photo, wouldn't the foot side be on the right. " The bobbins are no longer attached, but the direction is still clear from the finished lace in the back and the broken threads from the bobbins in the front of the pins. This and all the Ipswich, MA samples have the footside at the left. Karen - in sunny and cold Delaware, USA - 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/ [cid:ad33eaa6-8f52-4767-8d80-5f8bd5eccf07]Simbi með trukkinn<http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/> [https://farm1.staticflickr.com/3/5118236_94f976f34e_b.jpg] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/gommit/5118236/> [https://farm1.staticflickr.com/3/5118236_94f976f34e_b.jpg] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of Outlook-to1uiuwi.png] - 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/
