RE: [Ext] Re: [lace] 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue

Diana actually George was still alive in 1901 - 20 years younger than Elizabeth! So that must be the link Louise Schlumberger-Private -Original Message- From: Diana Smith Sent: 11 October 2019 10:22 To: Louise Bailey Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: [Ext] Re: [lace] 1851 Great

RE: [Ext] Re: [lace] 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue

-Original Message- From: Diana Smith Sent: 11 October 2019 10:22 To: Louise Bailey Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: [Ext] Re: [lace] 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue Dear Louise Thank you very much for that. I must confess a little disappointment that there wasn’t more info but I guess Prince

RE: [lace] 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue

Oops can't see for looking. 'Lace pillow with lace in progress employing upwards of 600 bobbins each having a separate thread' right there on the first page. The rain must have addled my eyes Louise in soggy Cambridge - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue

Dear all, Brian posted the link to the 'short version' for use while walking around the exhibition. As Diana says there were five volumes of the 'Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851.'

[lace] re: Buckinghamshire Lace industry

Liz and all Maids Moreton is Just North of Buckingham, so right in the heart of the county's lace tradition. On the village website https://www.maids-moreton.co.uk/heritagewalk/ it says Maids Moreton became the centre of the Bucks Lace industry during the late 19th century under the direction

RE: [lace] RE: East Midlands lace villages

Brian, I took me a while to dig out the article as it was written by Scilla Stephenson not Pat Brunsden, my mistake as Pat is looking into the poor house records. It is in lace 117, p15, and is in response to an article in Lace 114 p12 which had a more general analysis of occupations in the

[lace] RE: East Midlands lace villages & tokens

Brian asks Does anyone collect "Lace Tokens?" Real or virtual. They certainly do. And not just lacemakers. I have a friend who is a serious Numismaticist, and collects lots of trade tokens. They also write about them in journals and books.

[lace] RE: East Midlands lace villages

Brian, Pat Brunsden wrote an article for Lace - the Lace Guild magazine - a few years ago detailing a survey of census data for the lace villages of Cambridgeshire /Huntingdonshire. I can dig it out for you over the weekend if no one else has done so. Nicky Howener-Townsend has done

[lace] re: Bobbins winders

Hi Alison, Most of the UK suppliers seem to stock the Newnham one others have mentioned. They are popular and will take most bobbin styles. Its about £25 from memory. I have two wooden ones. One is a manual version of the old electric one where the bobbin is held at either end in a soft

[lace] Embroidery Exhibition at Ely Cathedral

Dear Arachnes, Here's something to brighten these gloomy winter days. The Embroiderers Guild is holding an exhibition at Ely Cathedral during February. THE BEAUTIFUL STITCH - AN EXHIBITION FROM THE EMBROIDERERS' GUILD 06 Feb 2019 - 28 Feb 2019 This exhibition is the first travelling

[lace] Lace in England

Hi Lyn, You're not that far, perhaps an hour down the A1/A421 from the Cecil Higgins now known as the Higgins http://www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/ they have a lovely reserve collection of lace, including the Lester collection: not much on show but if you contact Curator Lydia Saul there

[lace] Lace and STEM

>> 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? << As others have said, the links with STEM

[lace] RE: [Ext] Re: Lace Storage Methods in Victoria and Albert blog

Dear Jeri, I am no expert, but looking at the pictures and text suggests that the Melinex film is spot welded rather than completely sealed round so it may be air can penetrate between the sheets so to speak. It appears to be common use now. All the Thomas Lester lace I saw at the Cecil Higgins

[lace] Needle lace in V blog

Like other I am enjoying the discussions on needle lace. Coincidently there is an article about the Blythe House "decant" on the V blog which discusses their ongoing work digitising & rehousing the lace collection and shows amongst others two pieces of needle lace, one in green silk and one in

[lace] Sampled Lives exhibition at the Fitzwilliam

Dear Arachnes, I posted on the exhibition last year but in response to Jeri's prompting I wanted to let you know that the exhibition of samplers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has been extended until October 2018. I spent a short time in it over the holidays, and got the exhibition

[lace] RE Exhibition Sampled lives catalogue

Oops! my mistake its Carol's earlier book that is for sale on Amazon. Catalogue is from the Fitzwilliam shop (and online http://www.fitzwilliammuseumshop.co.uk/product/sampled-lives-samplers-fitzwil liam-museum/) Louise - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Samplers Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambrudge

Passing the Fitz yesterday amongst all the banner for the new Degas exhibition I noticed one for an exhibition "Sampled lives". Sampled Lives: samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum Saturday 6 May 2017 to Sunday 8 April 2018 Showcasing over 100 samplers from the Museum's excellent but often

[lace] The Essay - radio programme on Venetian textile industry

Dear Arachnes, I have been catching up on my listening while doing chores. BBC Radio 3 has a series called the Essay, which is usually 5x 15 minute themed talks by various writers. In May Polly Coles did a week on True Venetians. The last of the week was entitled Woman's Work and from the

[lace] bobbin lace teachers in Lincolnshire, UK?

Hi Arlene, I don't know teachers in Lincs as such, but depending where they are, there is an active Lace group in Lincoln, (I see them out and about at lace days) https://www.facebook.com/LincolnLacemakers/ Louise In gloriously hot sunny Cambridge - To unsubscribe send email to

[lace] Cecil Higgins

Hello Helen, Yes the Cecil Higgins reopened in 2013. Here's the website http://www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/default.aspx?page=0. There is one small display in the upper gallery. The middle picture on their "about us - redevelopment" page gives you an idea of the display pods. Gone are the old

Re: [lace] lace tokens

Dear Sharon, I have a serious numismatic for a colleague! Here is his opinion "As a rule, don’t clean coins. If it is genuine dirt, warms soapy water and fine toothbrush, then wash with clean water and dry carefully. "If it is encrusted with corrosion products, there are ways, but they can be

Re: [lace] Re bead illustrations

Dear Diana and Vicky,, That is a good suggestion. I've noticed another on eBay this week. With the Hugenot connection to lace I tend to forget about the minority Catholics in the area. With best wishes Louise > On 1 Jul 2016, at 15:09, Diana Smith wrote: >

Re: [lace] thread anchor

Thank you all of you for the suggestions, they are all very helpful. Mention of tongue depressors and popsicle sticks reminded me of a gift of two home-made bobbin tamers I had from a dear lady called Lorna, which have been snuggled away in my travel pillow. Made from tongue depressors they

[lace] thread anchor

Dear Arachnes, Can you help me with a name / supplier of a "thingummy" to help anchor threads when starting a piece with a trail working away in both directions. I have seen some somewhere - a piece of wood (flat underneath) that you can pin over the threads in order and trap the bobbins on

[lace] Upcoming exhibition at the V

Dear Arachnes, As the list is quiet I thought I'd post an advance notice of an exhibition coming up from October at the V, some of you may have seen it in the UK papers. (http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/26/v-and-a-relics-england-f inest-embroidery-opus-anglicanum

[lace] Upcoming exhibition at the V

Dear Arachnes, I thought I'd post details of an upcoming exhibition at the V: Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, which will be on display at the V from 16th April 2016 to 12th March 2017. "Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear will display more than 200 examples of men's and women's

[lace] re Lace Museums

Dear Arachnes, Just to add to the discussion. The amount of lace on display in the Cecil Higgins at Bedford, now rebranded the Higgins bedford has been drastically reduced since the remodelling (and I gather the same is true of Luton). Although the collection *is* still there and they do have

[lace] re: RSN exhibition at Ely

Dear Arachnes, I am glad Maureen Corrine had a good visit to Ely. I managed to get over myself last week, and found other friends there as well. It is a lovely exhibition, and ends at the end of this week (28th) - so if you can I do recommend you visit. The Lady Chapel is a great exhibition

[lace] Ecclesiastical Embroidery Exhibition at Ely Cathedral

Dear Arachnes, A (almost) Lenten treat: For those of you in or reasonably close to East Anglia, Ely Cathedral is hosting a RSN Exhibition during February... 04 Feb 2015 - 28 Feb 2015 Ely Cathedral will be hosting a unique exhibition of Ecclesiastical Embroidery in partnership with the Royal

[lace] RE: Butterflies

more in Jean Leader’s introductory beds booklet for the Lace Guild. Louise From: Cindy Rusak [mailto:cru...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 December 2014 14:35 To: Louise Bailey Subject: Butterflies Hi Louise, I was looking at the Arachne Flickr photos and came across some Beds? butterflies that were

[lace] Missing archives

Jeri, The original archives were saved on an FTP server run by Liz at Arachne.com. Avital set up a backup archive with maillists.org in mid 2003 when, I think, she took over as main administrator for the lists ( hurray for Avital!). I don't know when the FTP server was turned off - the landing

[lace] RE: lace bobbins

Susan The second one is not a Stephen Pearce the tail shape is quite different - here a link to a picture of one of his: http://web.archive.org/web/20030804042826/http://homepages.tesco.net/~stephen.pearce/ I can't quite tell from the picture - is there a little groove round the top of the

[lace] Re Lace Fairy

Dear Jeri, I'd just like to say a big thank you for your efforts on this, and the volunteer's. It is good to hear that Lori's marvellous site is going to have a future, not just via the wayback machine. Louise - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Batavia article on Archive.org

Hello Brian, I'd found the wayback machine http://archive.org/web/ as well, I was going to post about it and give an update on my bobbin search as it's been invaluable trying to track down recent retired bobbin makers. I've noticed that if you are lucky there are often a lot of different

[lace] Identifying bobbin makers

Dear Arachnes, I've just finished a marathon effort to catalogue my bobbins, I realised that I probably had more than I thought, and I was right. 20 years of lacemaking will do that to a collection (and I'm not going to admit how many!). I've had a lot of success identifying makers and painters

[lace] Ann Shadbolt butterflies

Hello Miriam, I am not near my magazines at the moment so will have to check later, but if they are the Bedfordshire ones, I think there are a couple more in a near by issue which might have a thread recommended. There is also an edging and a sixth in Barbara Underwood's Bedfordshire Lace

[lace] RE: learning lace

We have had several people right here on Arachne who had pursued the skills on their own. I'll chime up as another, from about the same time as David. No evening classes I could find - Bridget Cook was still offering a day class, but no good to me as I worked, and Batsford about to go under

[lace] Programme on Opus Anglicanum on BBC4

I apologise first to all the non Uk Arachnes - as unless this is syndicated it won't be accessible to you, (actually it might be through BBC worldwide / itunes, but I don't know). BBC 4 has just finished had a short run series Fabric of Britan .The first one was on knitting and a bit soft, mainly

[lace] Luton Lace Dealer's Pattern Book

Dear Arachnes, A friend just let me know that the new edition is finally available from Luton Museums, I am told the DVD is a great addition. And in the postcard section I found a set of Thomas Lester pattern designs,

RE: [lace] Luton Lace Dealer's Pattern Book

are white. The book was used to show what lace was available for private order. Louise From: Karen M. Zammit Manduca [mailto:kazama...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 November 2012 13:48 To: Louise Bailey Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Luton Lace Dealer's Pattern Book A friend just let me know

[lace] RE: Honiton in ITV

Many Thanks for posting this, Sue, I found a link (eventually) to it on ITV, silly me assuming it would be on BBC. I don't know if it will work for everyone, but here it is. http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2012-07-11/lost-industries-honiton-lace/ Louise Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012

[lace] Lace website

Dear Arachnes, I don't think I've see this site posted - I stumbled across it while searching for something else. It has a wonderful set of good quality images of a wide range of lace. I particularly like the most recent Bedfordshire collars (nos 667 and 670) I don't know who is behind it -

[lace] Vermeer the Lacemaker brought to life

... well almost. I was just flicking through our local paper, the Cambridge Evening News and came across this full page story http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Stitch-in-time-back-to-17th-century-10112011.htm 'Stitch in time - back to 17th century Shoppers in a Cambridge store might

[lace] Exhibition Lost in Lace

One of my friends pointed me in the direction of BBC radio's Woman's hour this morning as there was an item on the new exhibition Lost in Lace in the UK. Those of you in the Lace Guild may have seen something in the last couple of lace magazines on this. Lost in Lace: New approaches by UK and

[lace] Re: Vermeer's Lacemaker on Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dear Arachnes, I managed to get into Cambridge this weekend, and visited the Vermeer exhibition. I'm not a great visitor of Art museums, but I thought this was fantastic, the Dutch masters were certainly masters. Reproductions don't give you any sense of the quality and finish on these

[lace] new exhibtion at the VA

I think this has come up before but The Guardian website has one of its photo stories on a new exhibition at the VA: The Power of Making 'No one can say that craft is just about furry scarves anymore,' executive director Rosy Greenlees told a packed hall at the launch of The Power of

Re: [lace] Re: Antique Pattern Library Conversion to E-Book

I haven't tried with the Antique pattern library but I have done this for some of Tess's the Professor's texts on the weaving archive. It will depend on your book reader. With the Kindle and my reader, which is the Cybook from Bookeen (go the French! I find it much nicer than the Kindle),

[lace] Kate's wedding dress lace on From Your Own Correpondent

Dear Arachnes, With all the interest in the display of the dress, you might like this little piece from the BBC, which I heard on saturday: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9551571.stm French lace-makers proud to be part of Kate's dress. If you scroll down to

[lace] White/coloured laces

What can one add to Gil's authoritative accounts? Gil, I have loved your articles on early lace for the Lace Guild. I hope there will be more. I have been reading some of the old lace books from the digital archive - including the Romance of the Lace Pillow - I can't remember whether it is

[lace] RE: needle protectors and cork

On 18 May 2011, at 20:53, Linda Walton wrote: Mine just have pieces of cork, and it's real cork from a real champagne bottle; I can't remember how many years I've had it, but I suspect it may be about as long as Helen's had hers too. Do you suppose there's something special about the kind

[lace] Lace in literature: a new find

Dear Arachnes, I was surprised to find a section on pillow lace in an old detective story I read this weekend 'For the Defence, Dr Thorndyke'. Dr Thorndyke is an invention of R Austin Freeman mostly in the 20's and 30's. He is a Medico-Legal practitioner and an early forensic scientist, and

[lace] VA textile galleries temporary closure

Dear Arachnes, I thought it worth posting this as I don't think anyone has and it may avoid disappointment to intending visitors. I have to say last time I visited I found the Lace room and the textile study room very sad tired-looking. The VA are making some important changes to their

[lace] Luton Lace gallery undergoing refurbishment

In case anyone was thinking of visiting soon, http://www.wardownparkmuseum.com/cinehubEast/wardownpark-exhibition.nsf/Looku pAreas/5CC3CB9FF0AAFAB2802574A4005177E6?OpenDocument The Lace Gallery is closed until early 2011 We are busy creating a new gallery which will feature exciting contemporary

[lace] RE: modern lace bobbins

Brian these are great! Diana, I think you're spot on with the two Pearce ones. There is a tiny image on the old website The tail on 'Rosette' and 'Coloured spiral' reminds me of Stuart Johnson's bobbins. I have a similar one to Rosette of his with a large bone bead in the shank. Great for

[lace] RE: Bobbin Makers

Dear Arachnes, I am enjoying this thread, and think I have now have a good Autumn project to catalogue my bobbins now the wet weather is setting in! I'm not sure I have seen mention of another Cambridgeshire Bobbin Maker, my closest: Margaret David Davies, in March: nice delicate bobbins in

[lace] 19th centruy knitting books

Dear Arachnes, I thought these might be of interest: The digitisation unit at Southampton University has quietly started digitising some 19 th C knitting and netting books. They are popping up in the listing of new online books that U Penn produces but are near impossible to find by browsing

[lace] RE: lace on ebay

Dear Clay, it's not just you, I couldn't see them either, until I switched browser from firefox to internet explorer. I think there is something funny about the html coding, they should appear after the box about store rewards. For those of you who like using Firefox, there is a nice little

[lace] Ebay lace pictures

For those of you who don't want to mess with IE vbg, here are the links to the actual pictures from the html source file for the Binche kerchief ... http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_099_006.jpg=600 http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/kmbrlyan/Picture_100_006.jpg=600

[lace] RE: lace-digest V2008 #30

Dear all Apologies for the badly parsed email - ruddy outlook 2007 . If anyone can tell me how to make it word wrap 76 character lines in plain text emails I'd be grateful. Also I have no idea where the yahoo shopping signature came from - I'm using a work email address. Louise Who has been

[lace] outlook 2007

Thanks everyone - mystery solved by Avital, although the root problem - having to use Outlook 2007 remains! Louise - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] RE:Floral Bedfordshire

Dear Angela, I have been looking out for it also, SMP Lace and Roseground have it in their catalogues. Louise In Springlike Cambridge - why do I have to be stuck inside? From: Angela [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] Floral Bedfordshire Hi I had sight of this lovely new book (Well I think

[lace] Re: Sylko thread

Dear Steph, I too have some old Sylko 40 (Dewhurst's Three Shells Machine Twist mercised cotton) which is on wooden 100 yd (91m) spools probably from the 70's it was part of grandmother-in-law's horde (school books to sugar, haberdashery) Brenda measured it at 28 w/cm. I used it once

[lace] Fenland Lace Day Sat 10th March

Dear Arachnes, Fenland Lacemakers are holding their annual lace day on Saturday 10th March (10:00 -15:30) at Burgess Hall, St Ivo Centre, Westwood Road, St Ives. Speaker Martin Tufnell A World of Glass . Tickets £4 either in advance from Gillian Johnston (see Lace guild listing), or pay

[lace] Re: Dutch translation

Joeanna Which book is it? I have a translation of Dieren in Kleur which sounds very similar: Russian coloured lace. If so I can look the pattern up for you. The directions are fairly brief though. Mine was sold by Makit Direct in Little Paxton, St Neots. I picked it up in an Oxfam shop.

[lace] Bobbin Painter

Dear Arachnes does anyone know the UK bobbin painter who does the fine insect designs including bumble bees? She was at St Ives last Nov and I have lost her leaflet. I know she has a very simple web page but I forgot to bookmark it. Thanks Louise - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] Lace Villages

DearArachnes, I found the Publisher's Site here http://www.arimapublishing.co.uk/arima100.php It has a flash preview of the first chapter as a taster. Also buried amongst the info for authors - it's self-publishing house the Royalties are 20% if sold through another retailer like Amazon, but

[lace] Lace Villages

Dear Arachnes, as Amazon stopped their search by publication date, you may have missed as I did, that a 2nd edition of Lace Villages by Liz Bartlett was published in November. Synopsis A book that will appeal to lacemakers and local historians alike. It explores, through public records and

[lace] Polish Lacemakers move into G-strings!

From the BBC News site enjoy! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6312429.stm Renowned lace makers in the Polish village of Koniakow have found a new way of boosting sales - sexy underwear. Louise in grey Cambridge where the light is fading. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

[lace] academic study on bobbin lace

Hi Maria, The authoritative work is Lace a history by Santina Levey, textile curator at the VA museum in the UK. It is a very hefty (large, heavy, thorough) and expensive book, but if you can get it through interlibrary loan it would be worth it. Lace an identification guide by Heather

[lace] Re: lace cataloging

Gentle Spiders, Happy New Year. I come late to this thread having left my computer at work for the holidays. But I thought I'd contribute a mite. I use a free sql dbase called PORTABASE available from sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/ . It works on Windows PC and linux based pdas such as

[lace] interesting history site

Gentle Lacemakers, as the list is quiet I thought I'd let you know about an interesting history site - the Proceedings of the Old Bailey http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ The Old Bailey Proceedings contain accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials, as well as the text from the front and back cover

[lace] Calico Cat / Gloriana Silk?

Has anyone used this lovely spaced-dyed silk? I got some at the Stevenage lace day last weekend. It comes as a 12-ply silk and is described as being similar to other embroidery silks in thickness. I've worked a few Russian tape patterns scaled down to fit ordinary Silko 50 - where they ask for

[lace] New online text

Seems to be my day for posting - just found this text Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (Paris and New York: Goupil and Co., Boussod, Valadon and Co., Successors, 1893), ed. by Maud Howe Elliott (page images at Harvard) Clicking on the

[lace-chat] Mathematical Crochet

I don't see anyone else mentioning this - so thought I would. There is a picture on the bbc news link below. Mathematicians have made a crochet model of chaos - and are challenging anyone else to repeat the effort. Dr Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf, of Bristol University's

[lace] Re: current projects

Lovely to hear about all the different work going on - gives me lots of ideas for what next! I'm mainly working on my large straw domed pillow - through Margaret Turner's Bedfordshire Lace Patterns Butterflies. Fresia no 100 linen. 1 and a half down (on second wing) - 3 more to go. I have a

[lace] online bookslady's Book of fancy work 1850

Hi Dear Spiders I found a couple of old craft books on line courtesy of Project Gutenberg : The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/12642 And Godfrey's books shelf: The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are diuers Armirable Workes wrought with the Needle.