I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order.
Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu
public library has on its shelves.
I really enjoyed them, but was a little disappointed that her research
wasn't
Congratulations on such a lovely piece of Reticella, and on your website
page - Introduction to Needlelace.
I had not looked at it before and have not done much needlelace but after
looking at your page I am now inspired to take up needle and thread again.
A local embroidery group is now busy
I have heard this 'miners and lacemakers' history too, in regard to Idria
lace. I am not positive but I think it was from Bridget Cook (who wrote the
book on Idria Lace). Lorri F
Nancy
That is interesting. I have also heard about the connection between the
mine
and the lacemakers, but that
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order.
Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the
Tartu public library has on its shelves.
I've read just about everything Philippa GREGORY has written and
really
Thanks, David, for picking up on my typing error. I even had the book in
front of me at the time.
You'll find the reference on the bottom of page 32 of The Red Queen.
Pene
On 9/26/2011 5:20 PM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen
HI,
I've done extensive research into the lace tradition in Idrija as my European
family is from that area of Slovenia; I studied with a teacher from the Idrija
Lace School and I have been teaching this lace in the United States. According
to the history from the the Idrija Lace School and the
Pene
You are right that what most lacemakers think of as Valenciennes didn't exist
in 1453. LePompe 1559 is the earliest documentation we have for what the
early laces might have looked like. They were braided/plaited laces (some of
which use 5 hole ground as the crossing for 2 braids), tape
