Thank you for the link Brian. After scrolling up, down and inside out I’ve learnt there are five catalogues of the exhibition. After considerable time studying what turned out to be only other countries of the world I managed to find a short reference to Lacemaking in the East Midlands.
Page 112 (can’t remember which catalogue - sorry) “Mr B Hill of Olney exhibited several specimens of Buckinghamshire pillow lace of very pleasing patterns, and all admirably executed. In the production of the specimen engraved comprising oak branch with pendant acorns there are upwards of 700 bobbins employed.” I must add that I have an old sample of this lace. “A good notion of the process of Lacemaking was afforded by a lace pillow exhibited by Messrs Groucock & Co, which was placed on one of the bridges in Class X1X and which deservedly attracted much observation, on account of its singular appearance and the exceeding fineness of the lace in process of making upon it.” I’ve not heard of Groucock & co, pity their location wasn’t included - more research maybe! Diana > On 10 Oct 2019, at 08:14, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember Barbara Underwood saying that Thomas Lester used family and > friends for his complicated patterns as they would not be cost effective for > the average lacemaker. Maybe they used ivory bobbins. I always thought it > would be impossible for antique bobbins to be ivory but maybe there are some > about. I do have one ivory Bobbin which was made by Richard Gravestock, > possibly early to mid 1980s just before it became illegal to sell ivory. And > I have an Antique ivory parasol but I have no idea how old it is. Even if it > was legal I wouldn’t buy ivory now. > > Regards > Maureen > > - > 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/ - 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/
