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Hi, Mrs. Treadwin wrote a book titled Antique Point and Honiton Lace. The
Antique Point is the Battenberg I make today, the Honiton is bobbin lace. It
appears there was an exhibit in August 2019 at Exeter Cathedral of some of her
lace. There were a number of mentions of her when I googled her
I found a short reference to Mrs. Treadwin’s display (#55, on about p. 103).
Mrs. Treadwin is ringing a bell in my mind but I don’t know why. Was she the
one who designed Victoria’s wedding lace? Or?
Adele
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Precious materials were used to make all sorts of items to trade, other than
ornaments. Snuff boxes often had ivory inlay cigar boxes, etc I expect. As
mentioned handles for parasols or fans, I also wonder what decorations have
adorned castles/palaces around the world, Spain, France, Russia,
Thank you for the link Brian. After scrolling up, down and inside out I’ve
learnt there are five catalogues of the exhibition. After considerable time
studying what turned out to be only other countries of the world I managed to
find a short reference to Lacemaking in the East Midlands.
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I remember Barbara Underwood saying that Thomas Lester used family and friends
for his complicated patterns as they would not be cost effective for the
average lacemaker. Maybe they used ivory bobbins. I always thought it would be
impossible for antique bobbins to be ivory but maybe there are
