----Original message---- Subject : Re: [lace] Colour in lace
Is coloured lace as non-traditional as most people seem to think it is, though? ---------- There were most certainly examples of coloured lace produced in the East Midlands as Alan S. Cole found and mentions in his Report on Northampton, Bucks & Beds Lace-making in 1891. When we were researching for the exhibition Art, Trade or Mystery - Lace and Lacemaking in Northamptonshire, held in 1999 we found sheets of samples of coloured laces in the collection of Northampton Museums. Diana in Northamptonshire. Hi Diana I well remember as one of the Westhope Group, helping to set up this exhibition in Northampton and what a success it was too! The group played a large part in the exhibition and we were asked to make two pieces of lace each, one in white and one in colour, but both on the same theme. My chosen theme was Hans Andersen Fairy Tales, with my Snow Queen panel being the white lace and The Little Mermaid my coloured piece (worked using stumpwork techniques). I think Cynthia Voysey (a very well known Honiton tutor/author, worked a small coloured purse in Needlelace for this exhibition, but I could have been for one of the other many other exhibitions the group displayed their work, maybe the one at Pilkington's Glass? I do seem to recall when teaching the C & G students at Camberley Adult Education Centre, that a small group visited the V & A and discovered a piece of coloured Honiton lace from way back? It would seem that nothing is new and it's all been done before! Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - 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/
