[lace] Lace in Literature

I don't remember any actress playing Miss Marple wearing lace, but according this quote I found, she did. "Miss Marple made her first appearance in The Tuesday Night Club -- a short story published in /The Sketch/ magazi

RE: [lace] Lace in literature

Valenciennes lace in 1453? Oh dear, oh dear, whatever next! The date is really too early for lace of any sort, and besides the idea of lace as a trimming for a nightdress or underwear belongs to the 19th and 20th centuries, when lace was no longer a luxury item worn to display your wealth. I caugh

[lace] Lace in literature

Pene You are right that what most lacemakers think of as Valenciennes didn't exist in 1453. LePompe 1559 is the earliest documentation we have for what the early laces might have looked like. They were braided/plaited laces (some of which use 5 hole ground as the crossing for 2 braids), tape lace

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Thanks, David, for picking up on my typing error. I even had the book in front of me at the time. You'll find the reference on the bottom of page 32 of "The Red Queen". Pene On 9/26/2011 5:20 PM, David C COLLYER wrote: Pene, I recently read "The White Queen", "The Virgin's Lover", & "The Red

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Pene, I recently read "The White Queen", "The Virgin's Lover", & "The Red Queen" by Philippa Godfrey in that order. Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu public library has on its shelves. I've read just about everything Philippa GREGORY has written and reall

[lace] Lace in literature

I recently read "The White Queen", "The Virgin's Lover", & "The Red Queen" by Philippa Godfrey in that order. Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu public library has on its shelves. I really enjoyed them, but was a little disappointed that her research wasn't

Re: [lace] Lace in literature: a new find - moving bobbins with one hand

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM, bev walker wrote: > > > > " Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting > the > > bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd and 1st fingers of the > > left hand until the muscles ache. ..." > > Now I'm wondering, is there less *

Re: [lace] Lace in literature: a new find - moving bobbins with one hand

Thank you Jean, and Jacqui T., for the most interesting information about the question. What training: On 2/21/11, Jean Leader wrote: > " Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting the > bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd and 1st fingers of the > left

Re: [lace] Lace in literature: a new find - moving bobbins with one hand

Bev Walker wrote > Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move > bobbins, the other to place pins? The Lace Guild library has a draft copy of a book by Ethel Nettleship - 'Pillow Lace Making - 14 technical lessons to train the eyes and hands in the art of pillow lace mak

Re: [lace] Lace in literature: a new find

"Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move bobbins, the other to place pins?" Not so easy to do with spangled bobbins, except I always do the twists at the end of the row and lift the pair back a bit with hte hand at that end, while the other hand fetches the pin to pl

Re: [lace] Lace in literature: a new find

Hi Louise and everyone What a delightful find :) The author's word picture is extraordinary - I notice how he describes the process... we are accustomed to using two hands, one on each bobbin, stop and place pin. I have done a bit, using one hand only when the other was bandaged, or holding the te

[lace] Lace in literature: a new find

Dear Arachnes, I was surprised to find a section on pillow lace in an old detective story I read this weekend 'For the Defence, Dr Thorndyke'. Dr Thorndyke is an invention of R Austin Freeman mostly in the 20's and 30's. He is a Medico-Legal practitioner and an early forensic scientist, and in

RE: [lace] Lace in Literature

44 AM To: Arachne Arachne Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature I finished reading Margaret Atwood's newest book "The Year of the Flood" which I enjoyed reading & highly recommend. Near the very end I cam across these 2 sentences: "What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What i

[lace] Lace in Literature

I finished reading Margaret Atwood's newest book "The Year of the Flood" which I enjoyed reading & highly recommend. Near the very end I cam across these 2 sentences: "What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What is it but a piece of lace?" from page 508. I had accidentally requested this book when

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I have read the reviews and it sounds like a really good read I have just reserved it at my local library. Thanks Pene Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@

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Sorry, Pene, my enthusiasm for that book let me forgot to read your whole mail. The book and the film are in origin French. My brother send me a CD, in French, which I can't see in full zise but in a smaller version. As far as I can say it is very near the book. And the cat from the concierge is

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this > "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" written by Muriel Barbery. is a wonderful book about human live and behaviour. It ended very sad but another end would be kitchy. Read it you will be fascinated. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lac

[lace] Lace in Literature

I just finished reading a wonderful book titled "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" written by Muriel Barbery. This book was translated from French & is a sad & poignant story about a concierge & the families in her apartment building. Two of the chapter headings are titled "Of Lace and Frills and Fl

[lace] Lace in Literature

Last night I finished reading Volume 4 of Casanova's Memoirs. On page 634 there was another reference to lace. "When I awoke the next morning I wrote to Zenobia to buy three dresses of the finest Lyons silk for three young ladies of rank. I sent the necessary measurements, and instructions as

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...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of pene piip Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:43 AM To: Arachne Arachne Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which stars David Tennant & Peter O'Toole as the lead character. I was intrigued ab

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.@aol.com wrote: Very interesting. What year does this event take place in? Devon -Original Message- From: pene piip To: Arachne Arachne Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 9:42 am Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which

Re: [lace] Lace in Literature

Very interesting. What year does this event take place in? Devon -Original Message- From: pene piip To: Arachne Arachne Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 9:42 am Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which stars David T

[lace] Lace in Literature

Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which stars David Tennant & Peter O'Toole as the lead character. I was intrigued about his memoirs & found that the Tartu Public Library had all 6 books as English translations by Arthur Machen. Since discovering these big books I've

[lace] Lace in Literature

It was fun to come across this reference to Bobbin Lace as I read one of the 13 books listed in author Jay Parini's recently published Promised Land; Thirteen Books That Changed America . Mary Antin's memoir (also titled The Promised Land) details her childhood journey from Polotzk, Russia, in the

[lace] Lace in Literature

Devon said-"the name Doretta Davanzo Poli coming up in my mental file "... Devon, this is the person who wrote, or edited, "il Merletto Veneziano" a beaut book I have, which I bought with some prize money from a lace competition. As the text is all in Italian, I can only understand a few words, -

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pene!!! In the finest ancient (not you - but cultures...) tradition, the celebrant has bestowed a gift on us all!! I can hardly wait to get my hands on Hellenga's "The Sixteen Pleasures"... as I was an innocent Art History scholar (!) in 1966 when Florence was flooded, and a

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I tried to get into the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence several years ago and got as far as the foyer. It was being reconstructed and had some very far off date for its reopening, which locals considered to be overly optimistic. However, it may have opened by now. I think there are some pieces

[lace] Lace in Literature

I recently read an interesting fictional book which was set in 1966 in the city of Florence when the Arno River flooded & did much damage to the contents of the old buildings. The book is written by Robert Hellenga & is titled "The Sixteen Pleasures". I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. To read some

[lace] lace in literature

While reading "The Turkish Embassy Letters" by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Virago 1995, edited by Anita Desai), I came across the following tantalising passages. Lady Montagu's husband was appointed British Ambassador to Turkey in 1716 and they travelled across Europe and back for his posting,

Re: [lace] Lace in "literature" - and the price of lace

A quick flick through the "Bucks. Cottage Workers Agency" book, not dated but after 1911 so from the fashions as well, a little earlier than your book, reveals only one Bucks collar. Lots of Beds and Irish crochet(?) and a Bucks neckband - very Edwardian. The collar is marked as 8/6, 10/-, 12/

[lace] Lace in "literature" - and the price of lace

I *think* previous discussions have been on lace and not chat. I say this because I don't want to be screamed at if I am wrong. I have just been reading, nostalgically, "The Abbey girls" by Elsie Jeannette Oxenham. For those of you who don't know there is a whole series of "Abbey" books cover