[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Ann Humphreys]

Thank you Jeri for a very interesting article. 
Ann
UK

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall featured in "Victorian Homes" American magazine

[Jeri Ames]

You have read memos from me about Gawthorpe Hall, where the 2nd largest
textile collection in England (after the Victoria and Albert Museum) resides.

 
Gawthorpe was built between 1600 and 1605, before the Puritans landed on
Plymouth Rock (1620).  Another  historic frame of reference is that Queen
Elizabeth I died in 1603.
 
The Summer 2018 edition of the American magazine, Victorian Homes, features
properties "Restored and Resplendent".  Among them, Gawthorpe Hall, pages
32-41.  Decorative features - everything from wood carvings, furniture,
wallpaper, carpets, plastered ceilings, etc. give wonderful ideas for lace 
and embroidery designs.  Wish they told more about the lace, embroidery, and
costume collections of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth.
 
They did not give a web address, but I will - because so much that is
inspiring for guild programs can be found - at www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk/
 
Work your way backwards to the blog for March 29th, to see a famous lace panel
"Battle of Britain". on exhibit this year.  If you wish to see items in the
collection, including lace and whitework, click on Online Gallery at the top
of the blog.
 
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center

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Re: [lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Adele Shaak]

Thanks for this post Dianne! I don’t know how I have managed to miss the 
website, but now that I’ve taken a look I’ve bookmarked it and I’m hooked. Also 
the Revelry patterns may get another purchase or two :-)

We’ve heard a few times, over the years, of collections that have been 
dismantled because the buildings they were housed in deteriorated and the 
funding was not available to remedy the problems. It is good to hear that this 
extensive collection will still have a home because the funding is there for 
it. 

Adele
West Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)

 As some of you will know I volunteer at Gawthorpe Hall which is in Padiham,
 east Lancashire. ...  Last week we were told that the Hall would close on
 19th April and would not reopen until 2016.  When the Hall closes everything
 will be packed away.  ...
 That does not mean people will not be able to  see the Textile Collection -
 the office is in a separate building - it just means it will be very
 difficult to get too much out because the store rooms are in the basement of
 the Hall and the site is a hard hat area.  It will mean carrying boxes a
 long way.  The textile staff will be doing outreach work with local people
 and research into Rachel and the Collection will carry on.  It won't be a
 time to relax. ...
 The best site to read what is happening will be the Textile Collection site -
 it is kept up to date regularly. 
 www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
 RegardsDianne Derbyshire(in a dull and wet Preston)

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Dianne Derbyshire]

Hello to you all.
As some of you will know I volunteer at Gawthorpe Hall which is in Padiham,
east Lancashire.  The textile Collection there was started by Rachel B
Kay-Shuttleworth, she had a large collection of lace and every type of
embroidery from around the world.  She taught both lace and embroidery.   
We have been waiting for quite some time for essential conservation work to be
done on the building.  Last week we were told that the Hall would close on
19th April and would not reopen until 2016.  When the Hall closes everything
will be packed away.  Rooms that are having work done will have all the
furniture removed to the nearest available room.  Everything has its own
cover ready for the big event.  All the exhibition cabinets will have to be
emptied and all the pieces carefully packed away.  Even the cabinets will
have to be securely covered.  It will take quite a few weeks to get
everything ready for the workmen and once the work is finished every room will
have to be thoroughly cleaned before anything can be put back.  Quite a
task. 
That does not mean people will not be able to  see the Textile Collection -
the office is in a separate building - it just means it will be very
difficult to get too much out because the store rooms are in the basement of
the Hall and the site is a hard hat area.  It will mean carrying boxes a
long way.  The textile staff will be doing outreach work with local people
and research into Rachel and the Collection will carry on.  It won't be a
time to relax. 
During the last year the costume, whitework and quilts have been reviewed and
checked against the database and more photographs taken. 
The best site to read what is happening will be the Textile Collection site -
it is kept up to date regularly. 
www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
RegardsDianne Derbyshire(in a dull and wet Preston)

    

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RE: [lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Gray, Alison J]

I visited Gawthorpe Hall when I was on holiday in Yorkshire in July this year. 
It is a awe inspiring place with so much lace and I was very impressed by the 
display of modern pieces of lace.  It is definitely a must see place if you're 
in the area.  Thank you for jogging my memory, Dianne, I just wish I could 
remember all the things I saw and loved.

Alison in murky, but mild Colchester, Essex, UK


Hi, 

I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate Davis.  Quite a number 
of designers (knitting and crochet) came to study items from the collection.  
They are going to submit designs which will be sold to raise money towards the 
collection.  Its only source of income is from what it can earn and grants it 
receives.  You would love looking at the boxes but you would need weeks, months 
or even years in my case to study it all.  It was set up by Rachel Kay 
Shuttleworth as a working collection for people to study.  She collected items 
which she thought were of interest - some of it is poor.  She wanted to educate 
people about lace and embroidery in particular. She was very brutal with some 
of her comments.  The piece of lace on a small roller pillow in one of the 
pictures was made by me.  The idea was to make it look as though Rachel had 
just walked out of the room for a second, so there are bits (replicas of her 
labels, threads, her old
 typewriter, some of her articles written in Embroidery etc) on her desk and 
the lace pillow on a table in the bay window.  All the display rooms were 
altered last winter.  One display room shows a range of pieces from the 
collection to show the variety it contains.  The next room shows Rachel as a 
teacher and practitioner.  The following room has treasures from the collection 
and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item.  That was very 
difficult because there are so many items I love.  I chose a
Chantilly fan that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel),  We 
were running
out of time and it was easy to display.  In the final room there are items from 
local degree students who have been inspired by the collection.    It is good 
to see that Miss Rachel's vision is alive.  In the public gallery this year is 
an exhibition Inspired by Lace.  Local colleges, universities, lace groups 
and Embroiderers Guilds were invited to study about 20 selected items of lace.  
The pieces are on display until the end of the season (beginning of November).  
The items had to be no bigger than 10 inches square because of space.

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Re: [lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Bev Walker]

Hello Joke and everyone
thank you for sharing the link to Kate Davies's blog.

First off she has a nice blog and I love knitting...the entry for Gawthorpe
is excellent and I like her description above the lace pillow photo:
You could imagine her having just left the room, to take a break from her
lace work.

As has been pointed out Kay Shuttleworth was forthright in her opinions, an
example seen in the photo two down from the lace pillow.

A wondering out loud, to the list in general: I had another look at the
photo of the pillow, would RKS have left the room with her lace bobbins all
jumbled like that?  (ok, maybe that's *why* she left the room...!), or are
they left in a jumble for museum reasons,  'artefact as found' ?

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Joke Sinclair jokep...@btinternet.comwrote:

 I found some intriguing photos of the textile collection of Gawthorpe Hall
 in the UK, on Kate Davies blog;

 katedaviesdesigns.com http://katedaviesdesings.com

 --
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Dianne Derbyshire]

Hi 

Sorry about my last message I will try sending it again.

Hi, 

I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate Davis.  Quite a number 
of designers (knitting and crochet) came to study items from the collection.  
They are going to submit designs which will be sold to raise money towards the 
collection.  Its only source of income is from what it can earn and grants it 
receives.  You would love looking at the boxes but you would need weeks, months 
or even years in my case to study it all.  It was set up by Rachel Kay 
Shuttleworth as a working collection for people to study.  She collected items 
which she thought were of interest - some of it is poor.  She wanted to educate 
people about lace and embroidery in particular. She was very brutal with some 
of her comments.  The piece of lace on a small roller pillow in one of the 
pictures was made by me.  The idea was to make it look as though Rachel had 
just walked out of the room for a second, so there are bits (replicas of her 
labels, threads, her old
 typewriter, some of her articles written in Embroidery etc) on her desk and 
the lace pillow on a table in the bay window.  All the display rooms were 
altered last winter.  One display room shows a range of pieces from the 
collection to show the variety it contains.  The next room shows Rachel as a 
teacher and practitioner.  The following room has treasures from the collection 
and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item.  That was very 
difficult because there are so many items I love.  I chose a
Chantilly fan that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel),  We 
were running
out of time and it was easy to display.  In the final room there are items from 
local degree students who have been inspired by the collection.    It is good 
to see that Miss Rachel's vision is alive.  In the public gallery this year is 
an exhibition Inspired by Lace.  Local colleges, universities, lace groups 
and Embroiderers Guilds were invited to study about 20 selected items of lace.  
The pieces are on display until the end of the season (beginning of November).  
The items had to be no bigger than 10 inches square because of space.

Regards, 
Dianne Derbyshire
Preston, Lancashire
Preston, Lancashire

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Re: [lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[jokepouw]

Hello Dianne,

Thank you for the additional information.  Gawthorpe Hall is now high on my 
list to visit.  I hope I can persuade my husband to make it a stop next time we 
are going to Scotland.  Kate Davies is my favourite  knitting designer, so I 
look forward to see what her Gawthorpe Hall inspired designs will look like.

From a dry West Sussex ,

Joke Sinclair

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Dianne Derbyshire]

Hi 
 
I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate
Davis.  Quite
a number of designers (
knitting and crochet) came to study items from the
collection they are going to
submit designs which will be sold to raise money
towards the collection.  Its only source of income is from what it can
earn
and grants it receives.  
You would love looking at the boxes but you would
need weeks,
months or even years in my case to study it all.  It was set up
by Rachel Kay Shuttleworth as a
working collection set up for people to
study – she collected items which she thought was of interest,
some of it
is poor.  She wanted to
educate people about lace and embroidery in
particular.  She was very brutal with some of her
comments.  The piece of
lace on a small roller pillow in one of the
pictures was made by me.  The
idea was to
make it look as though Rachel had just walked out of the room for
a second, so
there are bits (replicas of her labels, threads, her old
typewriter, some of
her articles written in ‘Embroidery’ etc) on her desk
and the lace pillow on a
table in the bay window.
All the display rooms were
altered last winter.  One display room shows a range of pieces from the
collection – to show the variety it contains.  The next room shows Rachel
as a teacher and practitioner.  The following room has treasures from the
collection and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item.  That
was very difficult because there are so
many items I love.  I chose a
Chantilly fan
that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel), we
were running
out of time and it was easy to display.  
In the final room
there are items from local degree students
who have been inspired by the
collection.  It is good to see that Miss Rachel’s vision is alive.
In the
public gallery this year is an exhibition ‘Inspired
by Lace’.  Local
colleges, universities,
lace groups and Embroiderers’ Guilds were invited to
study about 20 selected items
of lace.  The pieces are on display until
the
end of the season (beginning of November).  The items had to be no bigger
than 10” square – because of space.
Regards
Dianne Derbyshire
Preston
Lancashire
 
I
found some intriguing photos of the textile collection of
Gawthorpe Hall in the
UK, on Kate Davies blog;

katedaviesdesings.com

I would
love to have a look in the boxes of lace.

Joke Sinclair, from a sunny
West-Sussex in the UK

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[Joke Sinclair]

Dear All,

I found some intriguing photos of the textile collection of Gawthorpe Hall in 
the UK, on Kate Davies blog;

katedaviesdesings.com

I would love to have a look in the boxes of lace.


Joke Sinclair, from a sunny West-Sussex in the UK

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[lace] Gawthorpe Hall

[jokepouw]

Sorry, I misspelled the link.
It should be;

http://katedaviesdesigns.com/

Joke Sinclair

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