The Spriggs Collection has been at The Lace Guild in Stourbridge, UK since 2018, when pieces from the collection were put on display at Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucester in our "Lace and Nature" exhibition. Some of the collection was on show as part of our "Hidden in Stores" exhibition at The Lace Guild headquarters last year alongside lace from the V&A, and also at the Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch in our exhibition of needlelace "Making a Point with Lace". Unfortunately our museum has been closed since March due to the pandemic but we will continue to make the collection available for lacemakers to see whenever we can.
Sue Smith Hon Chairman The Lace Guild -----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> On Behalf Of Jan Manvell Sent: 05 July 2020 06:06 To: l...@dont.panix.com Subject: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2020 #32 Unfortunately Brian the former Rougemont House in Exeter has long been noted for its lack of public access. A friend and I were present in the mid 1990's when Pat Perryman and Mary Yallop were attempting to retrieve the Spriggs Collection from them to return to the Honiton museum. Fortunately we were able to assist them in the retrieval by distracting the solitary staff member on duty and the collection was retrieved and now resides in All Hallows, in Honiton. By the way we had managed to "talk" our way into the museum by a long tale of how we had come all the way from Australia to see the collection. That was before they became strictly an "education" museum. Enjoyed your article. Regards Jan Jan M in Brisbane ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:10:32 +1000 From: Brian Lemin <brid...@bigpond.com> Subject: [lace] A new article on Webdocs Hello friends I haveB put up an article on ships on East Devon (Honiton bobbins) on webdocs. https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs.html *Lemin*, Brian. /A Collection of Sea Going Vessels Depicted on East Devon Bobbins. (an album)/, 23 pages. Posted July, 2020. *FIRST PAGE* <https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/SAMPLES/lb_2020_08.gif >. File size 876KB PDF <https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/lb_2020_08.pdf> I apologize for the boring entries that I cant show you because of the policies of the Exeter (Devon) RAMM museum. Yes I am peeved with them, but i doubt as if i will embarrass them. There are still quite a lot of ships both photos and drawings. The Guide for Collectors of East Devon Bobbins is in first draft and out to a few for comments. I will be placing it on my web page with the Dictionary etc. ( www.brianlemin.com ) I will drop arachne a note when it is up there. Thanks for your support - -- Brian Cooranbong. Australia - - - 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/
