[lace] On-line textile archives - a lot of lace books and patterns for free

[Witchy Woman]

I am a daily lurker, but don't get to post very often.

 

Jeri recently posted a link to the cs.arizona archives.  There are actually
quite a few archives out there.

 

To find books on most of these sites, in the search field use any of the
words: lace, lacemaking, lace making, pillow lace or bobbin lace. You can
also specify types of lace...i.e. Tonder.

Antique Pattern Library...
 
http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/completelist.htm
Their whole list is on this page. Not much lace, but a lot of other good
things.

APL also has a Yahoo group with new postings all the time...
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antiquepatternlibrary/


The Cornell University Hearth archive...
  http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/


Handweaving.net archive...it may point you to books on the Cornell or
University of Arizona site, but there's also a bunch of other
books too. I like this site because a lot of the books that are in pieces on
the University of Arizona site can be found as one large file on this site.
 
http://www.handweaving.net/DAHome.aspx


University of Pennsylvania...this is another one that may point to the above
sites, but again, contains some that are within their own collection
 
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/subjects.html

 

 

Project Gutenberg.A huge archive of books, though not very many lace books.
I like their html versions of the books.they include the illustrations.  To
download, right click on the "Read this book online: HTML" link.  In the
little window that pops up, click on "Save link as", and save it to your
computer.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

 


Internet Archive.This site is the motherlode of downloadable books, videos,
picture and audio files.  The files are usually available in pdf, as well as
kindle and other e-reader formats.  Lots and lots of books on lace of all
kinds.  I just spent the last hour going through their new books.downloaded
about 20, including these gems.
https://archive.org/details/MAB.31962000793137Images_201305 and
https://archive.org/details/MAB.31962000795496Images 

Their main page is https://archive.org/

 

 

Plan on spending a few hours looking at these. They have an amazing amount
of books.

Enjoy!

Peg

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Re: [lace] Lace eye candy

[Jeriames]

Why should any lace be bathed in salt water?  Have  professional
conservators and restorers approved this "treatment"?

This is a simple reminder that I "preach" to be very careful about
exposing your precious laces to chemicals and minerals in water drawn  from
private
wells and public water supplies.  Please remember the  free conservation
and restoration advice given to you on Arachne for  20-plus years, which came
from training seminars at some of America's  foremost museums.  Very few
special textile sites have someone who has  learned from the best textile
experts, and have a stack of books on the subject  available for
consultation.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center



In a message dated 9/16/2016 2:12:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
susan.voss...@gmail.com writes:

Hi  Susan,

The lace is made normally then immersed in sea water at the  local salt
works.  It was Marie-Thérèse Bonniol who first thought up  the technique -
Denise, of the site you mention, learnt it from her - and  you can see the
various stages here: http://artetdentelle.free.fr and go to  Dentelles
cristallisées dans le sel.  The rest of her work is worth  looking at too -
I love her creations!

Sue from  Montélimar

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[lace] Re: Lace eye candy

[Susan Vossier]

Hi Susan,

The lace is made normally then immersed in sea water at the local salt
works.  It was Marie-Thérèse Bonniol who first thought up the technique -
Denise, of the site you mention, learnt it from her - and you can see the
various stages here: http://artetdentelle.free.fr and go to Dentelles
cristallisées dans le sel.  The rest of her work is worth looking at too -
I love her creations!

Sue from Montélimar

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[lace] Univ. of Arizona Lace Digital Archives - Chinese Laces

[Jeriames]

Dear Susan,
 
Yes, there is way too much to know about lace (and textiles, in  general).  
Since I've seen no Arachne responses to your inquiry about  "Chinese 
laces", please tell us more about what you wish to understand: the  
author/document/page(s) where you found the referenced subject.  I'll take  a 
look, and 
perhaps can find more recent books that can be of help to you  - in my private 
library of books still covered by copyrights.  Here is  a repeat of the 
direct access address for laces:
 
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html 
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center  
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In a message dated 9/12/2016 2:50:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hottl...@neo.rr.com writes:



 

There are references to "Chinese laces" that I do not understand but  
perhaps someone will enlighten or I will find the answer in subsequent issues.  
I'd like to think that Arachne will remain relevant because we support  it 
with questions & comments.  There is way too much to know & no  single lace 
maker is likely to be fluent in all forms of lace, just as a  linguist might 
know five languages rather than thirty.  That makes  Arachne a logical 
information hub for what we do.  It's a pearl of great  value.  Sincerely, 
Susan 
Hottle USA 

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[lace] Lacy objects

[jviking]

Hi All,  I was just reading a Weaving newsletter I get and in the column
"Beweave It" they mentioned an exhibit in the UK by Nora Fok.  Very
interesting, a lot of laciness.  Thought you might enjoy seeing this. 
Here's the gallery URL and click exhibitions to find New Threads.

http://www.harleygallery.co.uk/exhibitions/  New Threads by Nora Fok

Enjoy!  Jane in Vermont, USA where the leaves are still lovely grren
jvik...@sover.net

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