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 âLaceâ 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 > havenât heard of the technique before and I donât 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 Iâve > > been watching the Victoria series 2 on PBS. The use of lace in the > costumes is > > just fantastic. > >> > >> Jean > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/