Hello Devon,
In my opinion the worth of machine-made lace is a very personel one. There
are pieces who take your breathe away. Have you ever been in Le Puy and
there in the museum ? There you found hundreds of old machine-made laces
they look not only for the first but also for the seond and third
In The Lacemaker there is also a
two page spread about the ExhibitioWest Wickham,
n with one page of coloured photographs including one of Reg and Pam
Sheppard. I haven't read the article yet (I'm not even washed and dressed BG) but it
does give details of where
Did any of the UK spiders see flog it from Nottingham where they were
talking to a lady who's family have run a lace museum and she had one of
the Battle of Britain panels and was talking about it's history and the
fact that the jacquard cards had been destroyed?
OK - I'll go back into my
In a message dated 12/31/03 1:56:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Did any of the UK spiders see flog it from Nottingham where they were
talking to a lady who's family have run a lace museum and she had one of
the Battle of Britain panels and was talking about it's
When Sheila and John Mason visited the Ratti with the panel Mr. Mason
mentioned that Sheila was to appear on Flog It. Mr. Mason's family has been machine
lace manufacturers in Nottingham for about 8 generations and he has a wealth
of information which he very kindly shared with us about machine
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Subject: [lace] Battle of Britain Lace Panel/value of
machine made lace
When Sheila and John Mason visited the Ratti with the
panel Mr. Mason
mentioned that Sheila was to appear on Flog It. Mr.
Mason's
In a message dated 12/31/2003 4:41:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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It would be difficult to find anyone who
would insure such an item unless solid information could be
produced regarding sales of similar items. And even if
someone could produce a receipt for the purchase
] Battle of Britain lace panel
In The Lacemaker there is also a
two page spread about the ExhibitioWest Wickham,
n with one page of coloured photographs including one of Reg and Pam
Sheppard. I haven't read the article yet (I'm not even washed and dressed
BG) but it
does give details of where
