Re: [lace] 17th century lace

2016-01-16 Thread Jeriames
Dear Elizabeth, The recent series of books by Gil Dye might be helpful to you - they cover the Elizabethan and Stuart periods. There is also the wonderful book "In Fine Style". I reviewed them on Arachne, but you might like to see the reviews as they appeared in the New England Lace

[lace] 17th century lace

2016-01-16 Thread ELIZABETH PASS
Dear Arachnes, Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE I have recently received the transcript of an English will from 1630. Elizabeth Lougher was a widow, whose husband, Robert, died in 1624. They had at least one daughter and five grandchildren.