Hi Adele,

I don't know if they are in London, but Benton & Johnson carry bullion,
gold passing, etc. Are they who you were remembering?

Nancy
Connecticut, USA

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Adele Shaak <ash...@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I just got my “Lace” magazine - does anybody know this frogging
technique?
> Was it traditionally made using ribbon or a metal strip? The picture looks
> to me like a thin strip of gold-coloured metal, rather than ribbon, but I
> haven’t heard of the technique before and I don’t know for sure.
>
> Back when I was doing embroidery, I recall there was a place in London
> where they sold real gold threads and purls, etc, for use in uniforms. Does
> anybody know if that company is still running - or  better still, what its
> name is?
>
> Adele
> West Vancouver, BC
> (west coast of Canada)
>
> >> A photo that caught my eye accompanies the announcement of Gil Dyes
> Early
> > Lace class at Hardwick Hall in June. The photo is of a frogging panel
> such as
> > those found on ornate uniforms. It looks like metallic thread worked in
> bobbin
> > lace over thin ribbon! I found that particularly interesting because
I’ve
> > been watching the Victoria series 2 on PBS. The use of lace in the
> costumes is
> > just fantastic.
> >>
> >> Jean
>
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