Re: [lace] Lace Museums
Thank you Devon for your very thorough email. I really appreciate all the advice. We are also going to the World Expo in Milan and the Biennale in Venice so there will be lots to see! Thanks for the tip about Burano. So much planning to do! Meghann On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:32 AM, wrote: > Dear Meghann, > > I am wondering if you realize that there is a lace musuem in Sunnyvale, CA > http://www.thelacemuseum.org/ and another lace museum in Berkeley, CA. > http://www.lacismuseum.org/ > I always think that it is a little unfair that there are only two lace > museums in the US and that they so near to each other. But, our loss is > California's gain. > Since I don't see your name in the directory, I don't imagine that you are > a member of the International Organization of Lace, the major lace group in > the US, but we publish a Bulletin four times a year. In my capacity as the > Lace Study Editor I like to visit lace exhibits and write about them. I > also like to visit lace sites and museums with lace in them, > internationally, often resulting in articles for the Bulletin. (My most > recent article recounts my experiences visiting lace sites in Alencon and > Argentan, France last summer.) I live in New Jersey, and I volunteer in the > lace collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. > As you can see, I am presently making inquiries, myself, about a trip to > the lace making region of Devon, England and Ireland. The list is very > helpful as one tries to negotiate the ever changing situation in visiting > lace. Lace seems to be the first thing a museum packs up and the last thing > they unpack whenever they move or renovate. > If you would like any more information about lace tourism, I would be > happy to assist. > I was in Venice for the Biennale some years ago and it was really > fantastic. Be aware, though that a trip to Burano is a whole day > experience. You will need to work it out in advance so that you get on the > right boat, etc. You might ask about it at the hotel. The museum there has > been recently redone, and is nicer than it has ever been. There is also a > "museum" of sorts over a lace store called Lydia in Burano. > In Brussels, I have better luck with the Museum of Costume and Lace > http://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/musee.php?id=76&recherche=OK than with > the Cinquantenaire, also known as the Royal Museum of Art and History. I > note that the Lace rooms are still on the closed gallery list as they have > been for most of my lifetime, although their collection is very important. > http://www.kmkg-mrah.be/closed-galleries > This is a situation that also prevailed at the V&A where they would close > the lace gallery constantly because it was at the end of a hallway and easy > to block off whenever they were short of staff, which was always. Now the > lace is all in the Cloth Merchants House, study center, which is on the > outskirts of London from what I hear, and does not have any "exhibit". One > must make an appointment and designate the items one wants to see. This > tends to be a much more time consuming enterprise and one that is more > likely to attract scholars than casual viewers. > I am not at all sure that going to the Lace Guild in Stourbridge, East > Midlands, is a good use of time in England. According to my google maps, it > is over 2 hours from London by car, and I think it is quite modest when you > get there. I would imagine the Luton Museum and the Cecil Higgins Museum in > Bedford would be more worth the journey. Cecil Higgins has some > fantastic pieces of Thomas Lester Lace which was a mid-19th century bobbin > lace often depicting exotic animals from the London zoo. But, if you are > not a frequent traveler to London, I don't know whether the things you have > to give up when you spend time going into the hinterlands is actually worth > it. I guess it depends on your level of interest. Last time I was in > London, which was only a few years ago, there was a surprising amount of > lace content at the exhibit at the Globe theatre. In their endless quest > for verisimilitude they have had people recreating Elizabethan bobbin lace. > A woman named Jenny Tirimani has been making a bit of a career on this, > including interesting scholarship based on excavations at the Rose Theatre. > Of course, I am not sure what era of lace you are really interested in. > Here is a link to a lace/textile tour of Italy that might give you some > ideas. > http://www.textilesupport.net/courses/events/lace-in-italy7-18-september-2015/ > When > Angharad Rixon, the organizer last posted on this, she said there was only > one place left. Of course, if you wanted to recreate any part of this on > your own, you would have to be very careful and contact the places > yourself. Part of these tours is that the guide makes advance arrangements > which often involves a special viewing of things in storage. So it would be > quite possible for you to go to some of these museums and find no l
[lace] Lace Museums
Hi Fellow Arachnids, Please be aware that some of the lace and textile collection from the Victoria and Albert Museum is now housed at Blythe House, nr Olympia in West London. This belongs to the V & A but has restricted access. See their website www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/v/visiting-the-clothworkers-centre-for-textiles-and-fashion-study-and-conservation/ The V &A s main website is; http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Joepie in East Sussex, UK where spring seems to have sprung ;-) - 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 Museums
Wow - I just checked my email and yes I just want to write quickly with a huge thank you to all who have made suggestions! I am like Barbara - here in hot dry Southern California - Los Angeles to be exact. Barbara where are you? I am reading through your emails and taking notes as well - my mom and I are already trying to figure out how to visit the Lace Guild. We are in the planning stages still and want to accommodate as many of these suggestions as we can. I know for sure we will be in London for several days, Brussels for several days, Milan for the World Expo, Venice for the Biennale and in Croatia for four days or so. I know it's all short - but coming from the west coast of the US we want to see a little bit of everything. I wish it could be a three month trip. We are planning for about three weeks. ;) And, indeed, what a wonderful community this is - thank you! On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 4:07 PM, wrote: > Dear Barbara and Meghann, > Of course no discussion of lace tourism in England should omit mention > of the book Lace Villages by Liz Bartlett, which was the basis of a tour I > took some years ago. > Devon > > > Just want to thank you all for the fascinating discussion of lace museums. > I have had the joy of visiting a number of these places and am looking > forward to trip late spring to England so I have been furiously taking > notes. What a wonderful community this is! > > - 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 Museums
Dear Barbara and Meghann, Of course no discussion of lace tourism in England should omit mention of the book Lace Villages by Liz Bartlett, which was the basis of a tour I took some years ago. Devon Just want to thank you all for the fascinating discussion of lace museums. I have had the joy of visiting a number of these places and am looking forward to trip late spring to England so I have been furiously taking notes. What a wonderful community this is! - 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] Lace Museums
Just want to thank you all for the fascinating discussion of lace museums. I have had the joy of visiting a number of these places and am looking forward to trip late spring to England so I have been furiously taking notes. What a wonderful community this is! Barbara in sunny and too dry Southern California - 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] lace museums
In response to Jo's note I was trying to enter data on our local museum to the LOKK webpage. And I discovered that part of the Art Institute of Chicago's lace collection is online. Unfortunately only 399 pieces out of over 1000 are listed online, and only some of those have photos attached. And the photos are not very good. But the list would give some idea of what is there, and one could compile a list of possible objects to view, if one were planning to request a private study appointment in the Textile Department. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/category/37 During the 1980s I had many private study appointments there, just after Santina Levey had identified their lace collection for them. That is how I learned bobbin lace history. 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] lace museums
I'm shocked to hear about the Brugge lace school and museum closing, it has been a goal of mine to get there! On a positive note, I just found out about the new lace museum that opened this year in Calais, which may have already been discussed on Arachne but missed by me. The website is http://www.cite-dentelle.fr/ -Carolyn Wetzel Massachusetts, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Lace Museums in Barcelona area, Spain
Re-sending my list below as it bounced back from Jays's address and might not have got through to the arachne list either. I hope Jay, and perhaps others, find it useful. Hi Jay, When you are in the Barcelona area then you might like to catch a train from perhaps the station at Plaza de Cataluña station which plaza is in the centre of the city and no doubt you will be staying nearby, the station is underground. Take a train going North to Arenys De Mar. Journey approx, 30-40mins. fares very cheap compared to UK. Once you get off the train come out of the station, cross the main road and bear slightly to your right and take the first road on your left, which should be quite a wide road, it is in fact the river bed which has been tarmacced over, the streets has several pavement bars and restaurants. Walk up this road a little way until you come to some steps up to a square where you will see the church. Go to the church and, facing it, walk up the road on the right hand side of the chuch, you will come eventually to the Museo Marés de Puntes. This is a lovely lace museum. It is quite a long way up the narrow road beside the churcn and just beyond the Geology museum. Arenys De Mar and Arenys de Munt, (Arenys of the sea and Arenys of the mountains), were both busy lace making centres in Cataluña. The museum has about 6 floors each consisting a large room, or two, full of glass cabinets containing lots of lace. Lots of Mantons, large cape like articles, and Mantillas, a wedding dress or two and many fans, all sorts of items in various types of lace. Look out the Ret Fà which is Catalan Blonde. Ret Fà meaning fine net. There are a few pieces in other techniques to give a contrast but mostly it is all bobbin lace. This page is about the museum. http://museu.arenysdemar.org/index_i.htm check the opening times as it is not open all day every day. When the OIDFA conference was held in Barcelona in 1994 the ladies that came from England paid a visit to the museum and the general concensus was that it was better than some of the lace museums they had visited in England simply because it had so much lace all in one place. Hope you find time to go to this one it is well worth the effort. Arboç is quite a distance from Barcelona and I have only visited there once when it first opened so I can't comment on that one or how to get there, it would be about an hours drive south of Barcelona, not sure if a train goes there or not. I don't know of a lace museum in Barcelona itself, Barcelona is a province which is like an English county, and covers many towns and villages, Arenys De Mar & Munt are in Barcelona Province. Cataluña is made up of 4 privinces, Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida/Lerida. Each province has it "Capital Town" which bears the name of that province. Barcelona is the capital of the region of Cataluña in the north east corner of Spain, the language is Catalan but everyone speaks Castellano too, as a second language. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. The free time won't be completely finalised until we return home, DH has a knack of attracting commitments as he goes but it seems likely we will be in Spain from 1-5 August - initially in Madrid then in Barcelona, unfortunately not in time for the 'great lace days' but I hope to visit some museums and lace shops. The lace fairy site lists museums in Barcelona, Arenys de Mar, and L'Arcoç. Unfortunately neither DH nor I speak Spanish - are there likely to be English brochures in the museums? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Museums in Barcelona area Spain
Hi Jay, When you are in the Barcelona area then you might like to catch a train from perhaps the station at Plaza de Cataluña station which plaza is in the centre of the city and no doubt you will be staying nearby, the station is underground. Take a train going North to Arenys De Mar. Journey approx, 30-40mins. fares very cheap compared to UK. Once you get off the train come out of the station, cross the main road and bear slightly to your right and take the first road on your left, which should be quite a wide road, it is in fact the river bed which has been tarmacced over, the streets has several pavement bars and restaurants. Walk up this road a little way until you come to some steps up to a square where you will see the church. Go to the church and, facing it, walk up the road on the right hand side of the chuch, you will come eventually to the Museo Marés de Puntes. This is a lovely lace museum. It is quite a long way up the narrow road beside the churcn and just beyond the Geology museum. Arenys De Mar and Arenys de Munt, (Arenys of the sea and Arenys of the mountains), were both busy lace making centres in Cataluña. The museum has about 6 floors each consisting a large room, or two, full of glass cabinets containing lots of lace. Lots of Mantons, large cape like articles, and Mantillas, a wedding dress or two and many fans, all sorts of items in various types of lace. Look out the Ret Fà which is Catalan Blonde. Ret Fà meaning fine net. There are a few pieces in other techniques to give a contrast but mostly it is all bobbin lace. This page is about the museum. http://museu.arenysdemar.org/index_i.htm check the opening times as it is not open all day every day. When the OIDFA conference was held in Barcelona in 1994 the ladies that came from England paid a visit to the museum and the general concensus was that it was better than some of the lace museums they had visited in England simply because it had so much lace all in one place. Hope you find time to go to this one it is well worth the effort. Arboç is quite a distance from Barcelona and I have only visited there once when it first opened so I can't comment on that one or how to get there, it would be about an hours drive south of Barcelona, not sure if a train goes there or not. I don't know of a lace museum in Barcelona itself, Barcelona is a province which is like an English county, and covers many towns and villages, Arenys De Mar & Munt are in Barcelona Province. Cataluña is made up of 4 privinces, Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida/Lerida. Each province has it "Capital Town" which bears the name of that province. Barcelona is the capital of the region of Cataluña in the north east corner of Spain, the language is Catalan but everyone speaks Castellano too, as a second language. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. The free time won't be completely finalised until we return home, DH has a knack of attracting commitments as he goes but it seems likely we will be in Spain from 1-5 August - initially in Madrid then in Barcelona, unfortunately not in time for the 'great lace days' but I hope to visit some museums and lace shops. The lace fairy site lists museums in Barcelona, Arenys de Mar, and L'Arcoç. Unfortunately neither DH nor I speak Spanish - are there likely to be English brochures in the museums? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace museums/Eire
Hi, Iain and I went to Eire for a few days last week. We visited the Sheelin Irish Lace museum. It is situated four miles outside Enniskillen and is well worth a visit. It claims to be the largest lace collection in Ireland. The front is a shop selling lace (expensive!) but after you pay £2.50 each you get to see a wonderful collection of irish laces, wedding dresses and christening dresses galore. You can drool. It says it has approx. 400 exhibits and five main Irish laces, Youghal needlelace, Inishmacsaint needlelace, Crochet, Limerick, and Carrickmacross. All dated from between 1850 & 1900. It is open Monday to friday 10 till 6. If any one wants to go and needs directions if you e-mail Iain will help. We also went to Clones. Not so impressive but if you are going in that area anyway. Very friendly ladies and a tea shop. No entrance fee. KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
