Re: [lace] Help needed--Display of lace pillow

2007-11-06 Thread Agnes Boddington

Hello Lorraine

One way is to secure the bobbins to the pillow with double-pronged 
jeweller's pins.
I use these when transporting a pillow with lace work in progress on, 
and they never fail to keep the

bobbins in place.

Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK


Lorraine Weiss wrote:


Hello all--

A conservator friend sent this to me from a conservation listserve, and I am
forwarding it here in case someone in or near Toronto can help the writer.

regards,
Lorraine Weiss in Albany, NY

 From: Shirley Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: November 5, 2007 10:51:25 AM EST
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: lace-making pillow
 Reply-To: Textile Conservators [EMAIL PROTECTED]


 Hello All,
 We have a lace-making pillow WITH bobbins and attached lace going out on
display.  The threads are currently tangled up and the bobbins splayed out in
a half circle.  The curator would like this pillow to look as if it was being
worked, ie with portions of the bobbins looped over pins in various sections
on the pillow.


 I am concerned about the weight of the bobbins, hanging from their threads
and would like to have them supported on display.  Does anyone have any
experience or knowledge of seeing lace-making pillows and bobbins on exhibit
and how this was handled?  Obviously, whatever is done needs to be unobtrusive
and right now I can't think of anything other than plexi tiers which really
isn't that minimal.


 Any ideas would be welcome.


 thanks
 shirley


 Shirley Ellis
 Textile Conservator, Royal Ontario Museum
 100 Queen's Park
 Toronto, ON  M5S 2C6
 ph:  416 586-5878; fax:  416 586-8036
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RE: [lace] Help needed--Display of lace pillow

2007-11-06 Thread Sue
Hi Agnes,

And what are double pronged jewellers pins and where do I get them from?

Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK

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[lace] Help needed--Display of lace pillow

2007-11-05 Thread Lorraine Weiss
Hello all--

A conservator friend sent this to me from a conservation listserve, and I am
forwarding it here in case someone in or near Toronto can help the writer.

regards,
Lorraine Weiss in Albany, NY

  From: Shirley Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Date: November 5, 2007 10:51:25 AM EST
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: lace-making pillow
  Reply-To: Textile Conservators [EMAIL PROTECTED]


  Hello All,
  We have a lace-making pillow WITH bobbins and attached lace going out on
display.  The threads are currently tangled up and the bobbins splayed out in
a half circle.  The curator would like this pillow to look as if it was being
worked, ie with portions of the bobbins looped over pins in various sections
on the pillow.


  I am concerned about the weight of the bobbins, hanging from their threads
and would like to have them supported on display.  Does anyone have any
experience or knowledge of seeing lace-making pillows and bobbins on exhibit
and how this was handled?  Obviously, whatever is done needs to be unobtrusive
and right now I can't think of anything other than plexi tiers which really
isn't that minimal.


  Any ideas would be welcome.


  thanks
  shirley


  Shirley Ellis
  Textile Conservator, Royal Ontario Museum
  100 Queen's Park
  Toronto, ON  M5S 2C6
  ph:  416 586-5878; fax:  416 586-8036
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: [lace] Help needed--Display of lace pillow

2007-11-05 Thread Debora Lustgarten
Dear Lorraine and group, thanks!
Replied privately.
Debora Lustgarten
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

At 03:42 PM 11/5/2007, you wrote:
Hello all--

A conservator friend sent this to me from a conservation listserve, and I am
forwarding it here in case someone in or near Toronto can help the writer.

regards,
Lorraine Weiss in Albany, NY

   From: Shirley Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Date: November 5, 2007 10:51:25 AM EST
   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Subject: lace-making pillow
   Reply-To: Textile Conservators [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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