Hi Jane! I was wondering if you could tell me more about the two authors you refer to below. What are the titles of the books? Thanks! Janette> ------------------------------> > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:19:29 +0000> From: Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: [lace] Tonder patterns> > In message <032520082254.24750.47E982C30006BF24000060AE221555588404040A99050C0> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes> >Most lace historians agree that the English laces (Honiton, > >Bucks, Beds, etc...) were derivatives of laces brought to England by persons > >fleeing persecution. > > But most lace "historians" have based their "facts" on the writings of Mrs> Bury Palliser, who was not around at the time. Dr John Yallop's thesis on> Honiton Lace goes into this myth in detail, particularly relating to Honiton,> where none of the parish registers show the existence of refugees in that area> until much later; the refugees appear to have remained closer to the east and> south-east coasts. The book I have mentioned before, on the history of British> costume, published in 1834 (well before Mrs Palliser wrote her book!) states> that lace was used on Henry VIII's clothing - quite some time before the> refugees arrived. Far more likely the explanation that lace was brought into> Devon via the established sea trade routes and therefore by merchants, rather> than refugees!> > Also, if you believe all you read, the Huguenot refugees were said to have> introduced the nailing industry to Britain.... which makes me wonder if there> was anything we could do for ourselves in the centuries before they got here> ;-)> > I have no dispute with the fact that they did arrive (one of my ancestor's> names is likely to have come from that region) and probably found work> alongside those workers already here - they would need the dealers to sell> their wares, after all. Most likely over time some techniques were absorbed as> being quicker/better ways of solving particular problems, and so similarities> arise. The similarities in design are also more than likely due to the fact> that fashion trends travel, and if a particular design is fashionable, it gets> copied.... why else would everyone in the high street fashion world watch the> infamous catwalks the way they do now, rather than just getting on with their> own thing regardless? These days they watch what comes over the internet,> rather than what comes off the ship.....!> - -- > Jane Partridge> _________________________________________________________________ Test your Star IQ
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