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
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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
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
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
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
