[lace] Paris lace
I just want to report that Maria Greil has just recently posted a number of photos of Paris lace. A bunch from her collection on laceioli. Here is the link, for those interested. http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/photo/search?q=Paris+lace Lorelei - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces
Just because he studied them in the early 1800s I would think they started before quite a while before then. A question to the curator at the Lace Guild may well help. Or maybe look at Santina Leveys book, Lace, as she was at the V & A in London for many years. Although their lace collection is, I believe, in deep storage now, as well as the lace in Bedford Museum and Luton. Maureen E Yorks UK - 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/
Re: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces
Devon, Thank you for correcting this. I am away from my books at the moment. It makes much more sense that he studied the point ground laces in the early 1800s, when there is no question they were made. Another sample of disinformation in some of the old articles. Karen - in sunny and cool Delaware - 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/
RE: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces
This topic is covered in Lace Machines and Machine Laces by Pat Earnshaw, p. 66 and p. 67. This claims that John Heathcoat was born in 1783 (not 1732!) and died in 1861. The first warp frame making marketable net, which resembled knitting, was made in 1795 when Heathcoat was 12. He seems to have registered some variation on the warp frame in 1804 (when he was 21). Then he started studying the movements of the Northamptonshire bobbin lacemakers and invented the machine that copied point ground in 1808. So, I would say that this is entirely consistent with our discussion of point ground. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - 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/
[lace] Lacemaker's dog
An article on the Frenchie Bulldogs included the reason Lacemakers had a dog. I am eliminating the majority of the article to save space...but you can look up the breed for more information. The French Bulldog also was developed for a specific purpose, but that purpose required little energy or endurance. According to breeder Janice D. Grebe, Ph.D., the 2007 president of the French Bulldog Club of America, the Frenchie was built for just one reason: to be a lapdog. However, the lace makers who appropriated Frenchies for this purpose were not merely looking for a little canine love. In that era of less-than-perfect hygiene and housekeeping, the Frenchie's warm little body was much more attractive to fleas than the human lap upon which the dog sat. In other words, the Frenchie served as a flea magnet. Today, owners of French Bulldogs and other breeds can select a variety of tools for their flea-fighting arsenals. But the Frenchie still fits just fine on a human lap, making this breed supremely qualified to serve as a living blanket for a human couch potato. - 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/
