[lace] Trip to St. Gallen and Vienna

There is a show at the Textile Museum in St. Gallen, Switzerland called Lace and Status, https://www.textilmuseum.ch/en/lace-and-high-society/ with 160 textiles. I have been wanting to go to St. Gallen for a while, and was very disappointed that I had to miss their exhibit and symposium on lace a

Re: [lace] Activities at Lace, not Lace

Dear Sue, and Clare, Yes, I am having an amazing time. It is great fun and the lace exhibit is actually the most successful exhibit they have ever had. I think that the historic inn would be well advised to write up an article in any historic inn trade magazines that may exist about how desirable

[lace] Activities at Lace, not Lace

It has been a busy week in Clinton, NJ. On Thursday, Greet Rome, Martin Bruggeman, Wally Thoma and Veerle Merschaut visited the exhibit at the Hunterdon Art Museum, having come from Belgium. In honor of this international visit, a town councilwoman was sent by the mayor to greet them, and a

[lace] Identification question

Earlier I posed a question about a piece of lace in the museum that I am having trouble categorizing. The museum has it pegged as Flemish. I posted the photo on the Laceioli.ning site laceioli.ning.com/groups/group/show?groupUrl=identification-history_source=activity This should be viewable by

Re: [lace] an identification question

Dear Gon, I am a little confused about your characterization of the ground as cinq trous. To me, cinq trous has a square type of configuration like rose ground. This ground looks hexagonal. I have located it in a book called Deocrative Fillings for Bucks Point Lace, compiled by Geraldine Stott.

[lace] an identification question

I just posted an identification question on the Laceioli.ning site with photos. Here is the link. This piece says it is Flemish, Southern Netherlands, ca. 1800. Fond de mariage; outlined with heavy thread suggestive of Mechlin; It is 2 1/2 inches wide. I don't feel that calling it Mechlin is

[lace] Lace, not Lace (long)

It has been over a week since the show opened and I am trying to digest what has been happening. I had been told that openings at the Hunterdon Art Museum typically drew 200-250 people. There were actually three shows opening at the same time as is typical in this museum. One was the members show,

[lace] Lace, not Lace, progress

I visited the Hunterdon Art Museum on Saturday to drop off some fabric that might be used to frame a piece of art that had arrived without a frame. There I found Seth, one of their excellent installers. He has done installation work for the Newark Museum and now works for the Metropolitan Museum

[lace] Re: the catalog

Dear Doris, I am so glad that you like the catalog for Lace, not Lace. The opening is a week from Sunday, and it is getting very exciting here. Lieve Jerger arrived last Sunday and spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday installing the Carriage of Lost Love, the life size copper wire bobbin lace

[lace] Lace, not Lace opening-additional information

I am getting very excited about the Lace, not Lace opening. Yesterday I spent all day at the museum while Lieve Jerger and her friend, and wire lace practitioner, Laura Lewis assembled the Carriage of Lost Love, the life size carriage in copper wire bobbin lace that Lieve has been working on since

[lace] Lace, not Lace catalog

Ugh. I forgot that my email transmission don't work unless i send them through the google mail site, instead of my mail program. Sorry for the duplication. Dear Janice, I think the best photos would be the ones that are in the catalog, which will be available from Amazon for $30.00. Those people

[lace] Lace, not Lace opening Sept. 23

All are invited to the opening of Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ. Yes, this exhibit that I have been working on for years is due to open Sept. 23, 2018. The reception with wine and snacks is 3-5. I will speak at 4. At 5

Re: [lace] Thresds

Alex writes: Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was made using white thread and subsequently dyed black. However, according to the Bobbins of Belgium, p. 296, "Grammont, or Chantilly lace is usually made of black silk thread". Also there is a footnote in Palliser

Re: [lace] Lace legends?

The theory that you lose your eyesight from making lace is a persistent one. I once consulted my ophthalmologist about this, fearing for my own eyesight, and he said, "You cannot damage your eyes by using your eyes." One theory about blindness among lacemakers is that, living in port towns as

Re: [lace] Re: Viking needlelace !?!

Another interesting find is looping that looks like needle lace in the prehistoric American Southwest. The article found here: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/pecos2008_webster.pdf has a diagram on page 13 which could well be found in a needle lace book and photos of bags on p. 14 in this

Re: [lace] Guilty Pleasures, was Demise of Fine Linen Lace, was Faery Lace

I have lately become obsessed with taking close-up photos of gros point in my collection with my Iphone using the olloclip attachment and a thin transparent millimeter measure that I wedge between the olloclip and the lace. Yes, the 10,000 stitches per square inch is something that is true, not a

[lace] Jacquard technology

Previously, lacemaking machines were run on Jacquard technology in which the movement of the machine was directed by punched cards. Now I believe that most lacemaking machines are run on computer technology. But, would the computer version still be called Jacquard technology, or is the physical

Re: [lace] Faery Lace?

<> There is a form of Binche called Point de Fee, which translates to Fairy (Faery) Lace. But, usually we hear it in the US as Point de Fee. It is a form of Binche with a lot of tallies in it. I think a lot of it was made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Devon On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at

[lace] Travel to Clinton, NJ

Sorry, the Urchins are up until Oct 7, not the 8th as I said. Here is some info about public transportation to them. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FROM NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND NEW YORK CITY TO HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM IN CLINTON, NEW JERSEY Transbridge Bus Lines (The Transbridge bus

Re: [lace] the urchins

Clinton is about equidistant from Newark and Philadelphia. It is probably best to rent a car, although there are some public transportation options from Newark. Although originally the Urchins were supposed to be up for the entire duration of the show, it is now the case that they will only be up

[lace] An urgent request from Lyn Bailey

Lyn Bailey has asked me to post this for her because she posted it herself this morning and hasn't seen it come through, and she needs answers soon. Please respond to lynrbai...@desupernet.net , not me ;-) I am an idiot. DH and I are leaving Tuesday for Amsterdam, returning on September 3. We

[lace] Sorry, forgot to trim

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Re: [lace] what is the relation between doll collectors and lace enthusiasts

I don't think it was a west coast phenomenon. Originally there was a group called the Federation of Doll Clubs. in the 1950s, a small sub-group of them was interested in dressing dolls in the appropriate style lace for the era of the doll, and they formed a lace study group within the Doll Clubs,

Re: [lace] early lace video

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Re: [lace] early lace video

Dear Jean, This sounds fascinating. I would love to know how she worked with one hand for bobbins and one for pins. I wonder if it depends on the shape of the pillow. As someone commented, she is just rolling them around as they are suspended in air. I learned on a roller pillow with a flat apron,

Re: [lace] early lace video

One person has suggested off list that the woman is a lefty, or injured her hand in an accident. But I think that a lefty would put the pins in with the left hand, because that is arguably the thing that requires the most precision. When I was trying to make lace as fast as possible, and it was

[lace] early lace video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcSaAXtZsc is may favorite to date, although at 1931, I wish it was a little bit earlier. For Saint Catherine's Day, I tried to explore the lace tells, and to that end, and with the help of arachne, located a Bucks Point pattern that is simple and intuitive, then

[lace] early youtube of bobbin and/or needle lacemaking

The Hunterdon Art Museum which is putting on Lace, not Lace, has recently been using QR codes on their labels so that people may put their phones up to the code, and then see a video or youtube on the phone. This is a really nice feature and is often used to show the artist's process. I was

[lace] Role of Austro-Hungarian Empire in lace

I am writing the catalogue for Lace, not Lace. I have four artists who hail from the Czech Republic, one from Slovenia, and one from Hungary. I feel like there is an influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that I should acknowledge in the curatorial essay. I believe I have read about an effort to

Re: [lace] Happy International Lace Day

Reading Lin's email this morning I was eager to post International Lace Day on the International Organization of Lace's facebook page. I tried to confirm the date. I think that it is actually July 1, this year. So there is still a little bit of time to organize your lacemaking and to post about

[lace] Another puzzling Milanese, faux needle lace piece

I posted another puzzling piece on laceioli.ning I am sure the ground, which looks like needle lace is actually bobbin lace. But, I can't quite figure out how it is done. Ideas? http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history Scroll down to get to my posting. Devon - To unsubscribe send

Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

Jeri asked, and perhaps this was sent to me privately, I am not sure since I don't get her postings, whether there was a link between the Needle and Bobbin Club and the International Organization of Lace (formerly the International Old Lacers). I don't there was. Perhaps others have knowledge that

Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

The IOLI started as a small sub-group of the National Federation of Doll Clubs. A few people were interested in dressing dolls in historically correct lace. Also there seemed to be some evolving interest in dressing in old lace by the members. My understanding is that as lacemaking became more

[lace] 17th cent bobbin lace, interesting technique

I just posted some photos on ning. http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history This is a piece of what originally appeared to be mezzo punto. But I think it is entirely bobbin lace. Perhaps, really, Milanese is the proper identification. An interesting technique that at first looks to

Re: [lace] Oldest lace group

he Pacific National Exhibition every year, who > caught the eye of the women who started the Vancouver Lace Club, which is now > over 63 years old. So, D isn’t a huge organization, but has had a wider > influence. > > Adele > West Vancouver, BC > (west coast of Canada) > &

[lace] Oldest lace group

I am thinking/writing about the impact of the lace organizations in transmitting lacemaking skills. Several of the artists in the show benefited from learning opportunities offered by guilds. The International Organization of Lace dates its start to 1953. I just looked up The Lace Guild. It seems

[lace] Monica Ferris-Framed in Lace

It has been a while since I read it, but I found Monica Ferris's book disappointing in terms of lacemaking. I remember thinking that she had obviously researched this to the point of visiting a bobbin lacemaker and watching what she did, and writing down how the lacemaker described it. I thought

Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker - books

One book that I have found quite fascinating is Three Generations in the Honiton Lace Trade: A family history by Margaret Tomlinson. It is about the Chick and Tucker families. Admittedly these people were "management", but they worked in the lace business and there are a lot of details about every

Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

One concept that I seem to have gleaned from my reading is that the lacemakers in England did well during the Napoleonic Wars because trade with the continent was cut off. Then after the Napoleonic Wars things became much worse for them. Perhaps their number swelled during the period when people

Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

Not that it is a work of history, but in the play “Ask for the Moon” the prospects for the illegitimate baby daughter of a lacemaker were so bleak that her friends encouraged her to kill it. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace

Re: [lace] The archetype of the lacemaker

Also there was some old story, don’t know the source, that when the wealthy had trouble hiring servants they would conspire to not buy lace, thus forcing the lace makers to go “into service”. Being in service was less appealing. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Fwd: [lace] Machine lace and its manufacture

Maureen, Thanks for placing this in time for us. It was the February Revolution, the revolution that overthrew Louise Philippe that forced the departure of the lace workers to Australia. From Wikipedia it would appear that this led to Louise Napoleon, Napoleon III taking the throne, and resulted

Re: [lace] movie- A Woman's face, plain text

Dear Debbie, It may be the case that there really are not enough lacemaking scenes in A Woman's Face to justify watching the entire movie, except that I feel the general subject matter may appeal to the attendees. Similarly the Scarlet Letter with Demi Moore has some wonderful lacemaking scenes. I

Re: [lace] Machine lace and its manufacture

I would like to suggest that it is William Felkin's book, A history of the machine-wrought hosiery and lace manufactures that Jane is referencing. It is written in a very amusing style in 1867. I am quite interested in the example of lace that Alex posted on her site that is part handmade and part

[lace] movie- A Woman's face, plain text

Yes, it was “A Woman’s Face”. >From the various write-ups, it sounds like there isn’t any lacemaking in The Lacemaker, but I could be wrong. Are there any other ideas for a movie night at a lace retreat? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Help me remember a movie

I am going on a lace retreat and we are planning a movie night. Many, many years ago I saw a movie, or part of a movie. It was in black and white. It was a B picture, possibly film noir. It was set in the first half of the 20th century, I think. There was a woman who made bobbin lace on a flat

[lace] wonderful resource-machine lacemaking

I have to regard with mixed feelings the fate of these "lacemakers" who were expelled from France and then encouraged to go to Australia. These were people who did not sit at the lace pillow plying bobbins, or making a fabric composed of buttonhole stitches. Instead these are the people who

[lace] Math of laces that aren't point ground

Dear Sharon, Go to this link; http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/IOLI_2013_HVSCourses.pdf Look at the second page of the class description. There are two leaves in the upper left. They are virtually the same, but have to be worked entirely differently, depending on where the pairs are entering,

[lace] Modern versus Traditional

How would you characterize the Binche lace of Kumiko? Is it modern or traditional? The style, Binche, is traditional, but the subject matter is Teddy Bears and Balloons and other non-traditional things. Any Nobens's Binche that she designed with timely themes often oriented toward the location of

Re: [lace] Lace and maths

Kathleen writes: I wonder if it is simply that bobbin lace appeals particularly to scientists and especially mathematicians. Moving on from this, is it the more “regular” laces which appeal, I.e. Torchon, Bucks and Flanders, rather than Bedfordshire for instance? Actually, I have always thought

[lace] Yale event

I have just returned from our day of lace at Yale British Art Gallery. It was really great. The event was inspired by an exhibit that is not in the Yale British Art Gallery, but rather in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The exhibit is called Text and Textile. While waiting for the

[lace] Aurelia Loveman

Dear Sharon, If you want to see the obituary of a fascinating woman, here is the link to the one that was written by Aurelia Loveman’s son. https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg43510.html She put on a lace show at the Walters Art Gallery in 1988 in Baltimore. Later she was

Re: [lace] Beiderman and Kliot

Thank you Doris for drawing attention to this. I confess I have not really examined the book very acutely since buying it new in 1973. This blows my mind. I had been imagining that Gertrude Biederman was cut in mold of others I knew in the era who were promoting traditionalism in the form of

[lace] correction-Soviet Weekly, not the Daily Worker

I mistated the source of the article on Russian lacemaking. It was Soviet Weekly, not the Daily Worker. Devon - 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:

[lace] Lace in San Francisco, 1970s

When I was the IOLI Historian I wrote some pieces culled from information in the earliest publications of the IOLI. I was intrigued that in addition to Kaethe Kliot, there was another major lace figure in San Francisco, Gertrude Biedermann, who espoused a more traditionalist point of view on lace.

[lace] 1979 NY Times article mentions Michael Auclair and others

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/12/archives/lacemakers-preserving-an-ancient-delicate-art-it-kept-me-from-going.html This is a link to an article that describes Michael and other people making lace at the IOLI convention in NY in 1979. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

He is deceased. Sadly, I believe he was an early victim of AIDs. Devon On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi wrote: > There was a young man from New York City who was interested in lace in the > period? Michael Auclair? Does anyone know about him?

[lace] Impact of Lace 98

As I explore the route of contemporary lace in the late 20th century, early 21st century, I am wondering about Lace 98 and what role it played. Being in the US, I am only dimly aware of this group, but it seems influential. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] plain text version of Adele's email

Dear David. I think the problem is two pronged. On the one hand the sender can avoid the problem by sending in plain text, which in my case requires me to go to the google mail internet site. On the other side, I think there is an issue with the receiving person having some form of outdated email

[lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox

I keep running across The English Lace School and Susan Cox. For some reason I thought that the Sprigett's business had that name. Can anyone explain the English Lace School and its role in the lace revival? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Re: Milennium lace grounds

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Re: [lace] Interesting article - Lolita Goth

Dear Janice, The one thing that everyone agrees on is that the Lolita fashion has nothing to do with the book by Nabokov. Lolita seems to have the meaning of "cute and elegant" in its fashion context. It is a style, emanating from Japan that takes many forms. But, one concept is that it is sort of

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Dear Bev, You seem to have a set of pdf's of the IOLI Bulletin? Are these available somewhere? The young man from New York City who teaches lacemaking would have been Michael Auclair. He was very interested in the Ipswich laces, and Irish laces, too, I think. He did some lace appraising, even for

[lace] Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi-fiction writer

I talked to Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi the other day about her work of fiction based on the lace world in New York in 1980. Sharon has only recently turned to fiction. She has done a great deal of scientific writing including a non-fiction book called "The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science

[lace] Interesting article-Elena Kanagy-Loux-plain text

I knew I was going to forget to go to the internet gmail site to send the message in plain text, and I did. Here it is in plain text. It is about Elena Kanagy-Loux. The article appears in Bust Magazine. Debbie Stoller, also an Arachne member and Brooklyn Lace Guild member is the editor of Bust

[lace] An event not yet reported to arachne

Elena, It crosses my mind that we should probably report to arachne that you will be teaching a bobbin lace class at the House of Wax Bar in Brooklyn on July 28th. The event which is likely to be of interest, although not exclusively so, to the Goth and Lolita community will be followed by a

[lace] Oops. Corrections to previous post on grounds

I meant "cross, twist, twist, twist" for point ground. Also, I meant late 20th and early 21st century, instead of late 19th and early 20th century for the rise of grounds that require starching. I plead a sense of disorientation from using a new mail program. I hope these are transmitting ok.

[lace] New Grounds

Alex makes some interesting points in her post about grounds. The fact that we no longer have the finest of threads which enabled the elaborate quatrefoil grounds of the early 18th century is a shame. But, they are very much of the aesthetic of that era. i am not sure why simple grounds like point

[lace] Lace reporting

Jeri writes: The above is an illustration of how one of you might take over some lace news reporting, so I can cut back. I would like to reassure Jeri that in fact Elena and I do a great deal of lace news reporting, but it is invisible to those people without facebook or instagram. Some years ago

[lace] 20th century grounds-test-from web gmail program- plain text

Vis a vis the catalog for Lace, not Lace. I am including Veronika Irvine in the show, and her interesting mathematically derived 21st century grounds. However, as I was scrutinizing Pierre Fouche’s work, Judgment of Paris II, which is also in the show, I realized, with his help, that the ground in

FW: [lace] 20th century bobbin lace grounds- Cliffhanger

This is how I received my own message on my aol account. (You set it up so it goes to both my aol and gmail accounts.) I haven’t gotten it yet on my gmail account. It tends to come in much later on my gmail account. But I just checked the email I sent yesterday. It is ok on the gmail account,

[lace] Contemporary Needlelace

Dear Catherine, I am truly grateful for the time you have spent on this. Be assured I am asking the artists for their statements about the works. It was the superficial and often misinformed treatment of lace by the mainstream press that made me wonder what it would be like if someone who actually

Re: [lace] Thread Sizes & Elsie Gubser

Her obituary claims it was written in the 1940s. http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/elsie-gubser-noted-weaver-dies-at/article_8f3f8c79-9cc8-5322-b855-a6c6a54838f6.html Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

RE: [lace] contemporary needle lace

Lorelei says that “ As for lace being white and having holes in it - my personal definition has to do with transparency or partial transparency and white just doesn't matter. (Although white or a solid color focuses the attention on the transparency aspect.)” I have been fortunate to convince

Re: [lace] Needle Lace revival

Oops. Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your lobster claws. Needle lace lives! Devon Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

RE: [lace] Lace Revival of the 1970s

Sue, your observation about taking a class in an adult school in England is interesting. I think there was more of that in Great Britain than in the US at the time. But, Holly van Sciver took an adult school class in England while there for a college semester abroad. Eventually she was a large

Re: [lace] Valencienne bobbin

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[lace] Re: Hairband Magnifier

Try looking up Optivisor. I love mine. Devon > - 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] Identification of Dutch lace needed

Dear Lorelei, And I must voice my usual response that I am not at liberty to share better photos over the internet. I will send you some privately, for study purposes only, and not for publication. It is not a part lace. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

Thanks Joepie. I feel like Potten Kant is a larger category dealing with different laces featuring a flower pot design. Am I wrong about this? This is a very unusual, to me, lace. It does not have any kat stitch or point de Paris type ground in it. Only linen and half stitch. I can’t find it in

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

I suppose you might say that the difference between lace made in Ipswich, MA and that made in Ipswich, England is that the Ipswich, MA handmade lace industry was the only handmade lace industry in the US, and thus quite an anomaly, whereas the Ipswich, England handmade lace industry was one of

RE: [lace] Bucks point - on Ipswich-style Pillow at Smithsonian

Thanks Nancy! Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: N.A. Neff Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:05 PM To: Lorelei Halley Cc: DevonThein; Jeri Ames; Karen Thompson; Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Bucks point - on Ipswich-style Pillow at Smithsonian Page has been sent to Lorelei, Devon, and

RE: [lace] Bucks point

Thank you so much for this, Karen. The pictures of the lace, which you say was made in the 1860s, but on an earlier pattern and equipment do not present an whole hearted endorsement for the practice of not using pins in the ground. It is sort of sloppy looking. I took a quick look through the

[lace] Re: [lace] Buck’s pricking

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[lace] Fwd: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post)

>From Jeri -- From: jeria...@aol.com To: www.l...@arachne.com Sent: 11/3/2017 10:50:14 AM Eastern Standard Time Subject: Life in Olney a Hundred Years Ago - Lace Tells Reference (Long Post) Subject is the sub-title of a book published in 1890 by Seeley and Co.,

Re: [lace] Re: St. Catherine's Day-Cattern Cakes

I was wondering about whether it was the self rising flour that was the problem. I wonder why you need more water in the US. Perhaps a humidity issue? I do have the recipe in the very pretty book about Cattern Cakes and holidays, so no need to retype it. What about beverages? I see that something

RE: [lace] FW: Quaker samplers from Ackworth, Doing Research atMuseum Sites

If Jeri would like to send her emails to me via my gmail address with the notation that I should forward them to Arachne, I would be happy to do this. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Lace art by Agnes Herczeg

Lace art by Agnes Herczeg is also surprisingly affordable. I had already realized this while researching the contemporary lace show I am curating at the Hunterdon Art Museum in New Jersey, when I was contacted by a man looking for an anniversary gift for his wife for the " lace" anniversary. They

[lace] RE: Classification

Dear Alex, While I agree in spirit with your observation, I am in the somewhat unusual situation of trying to review information in a museum data base, and determine the best term for the technique. Interestingly, the data base has a separate field for “culture” which gives the geographical

[lace] RE: Classification of lace

I think that the discussion of Bedfordshire lace, and the fact that it implies a certain 19th century aesthetic goes to the heart of my unease about calling Point d’Angleterre Brussels Bobbin Lace. It seems to me that the term Point d’Angleterre, for all of its problems, implies a certain 18th

RE: [lace] Names

Alex says, “As it is rare to find a piece that can be traced back to its place of origin, perhaps we need to come to an agreement regarding classification by technique, bearing in mind that lacemakers did not work rigidly to a set of rules. The same technique may be found in laces made in

RE: [lace] Computerized Embroidery Designs - Lace

I am very impressed with the link that Janice has provided. https://www.advanced-embroidery-designs.com/cgi-bin/cart/store.cgi?keyword=bo bbin+lace=search Someone has gone to tremendous trouble to produce bobbin lace like designs for machine embroidery. Usually, when artists produce a lace design

RE: [lace] Computerized Embroidery Designs - Lace

<> In fact, I think it is “chemical lace”. The further instructions say that you have to use something called Vilene Water Soluble Stabilizer. According to a google search Water soluble embroidery stabilizers (WSS) will dissolve completely when immersed in water leaving no backing at all. They

RE: [lace] Custom machine lace

You’re on. What should the subject be? Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Sue Babbs Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 9:35 AM To: Devon Thein; 'Arachne reply' Subject: Re: [lace] Custom machine lace If you pay, Devon, I'll try it !! Grin!! Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Custom machine lace

Angharad Rixon posted a link to this business on the Textile Support Facebook page. https://www.contrado.com/custom-lace-fabric-material It appears that just as the possibility for designing your own printed fabrics has been available for a while, it is now possible to design your own machine

Re: [lace] Lacemaking

Next time use the term "off loom weaving". Devon > Sent from my iPad > > - > 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] Anne of Green Gables

Good point, Nancy. There was a lot of Battenberg and Princess Lace then, also embroidered filet. Of course that is why it would be instructive to know if the research is directed to what people were wearing, or what people were doing in terms of handwork. Considering the characters, I can't see

Re: [lace] Anne of Green Gables

My guess would be that they were making revival era lace like everyone else in 1908. So, winging it here, I would suggest cluny style laces that look medieval. But, really, a very relavent question is "why do you want to know?" Are you advising a stage or screen version of Anne? Devon - To

Re: [lace] Lace magazine

Check with the IOLI librarian librar...@internationalorganizationoflace.org On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Susan wrote: > Forgot to ask--can anyone confirm that the IOLI library maintains back > issues of Lace magazine published by The Lace Guild UK? Many thanks. >

Re: [lace] Lace as Art

Dear Phil, Thank you for the suggestion of Vicky Taylor. I was unaware of her work, but it is quite interesting. I am familiar with the Love Lace competition and have the catalog which I am using for a reference. As you say, it has the broadest interpretation of lace in it. While Love Lace was a

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