Dear Roslyn,
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like middlemen.
They would buy from a lacemaker and sell to the wealthier lords and ladies in
the communities, towns, and cities.
I can tell you that
Speaking of queens, I have just scanned the book on the tatting of Queen Marie of
Rumania. It is full of the pictures of her work and will be of great interest, I
think, to the tatters among us. It won't appear on the Professor's site until after
Christmas, though, as he is off on a well-earne
Hi everyone and Roslyn who wrote:
> I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous
> lacemakers were men.
The wording would be, more correctly (though inaccurately), '(all the) (I
wouldn't be hasty about stating 'all') famous names associated with lace
are those of men' supposin
Roslyn wrote:
I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous
lacemakers
were men."
Hey, I'm fascinated to know that where Roslyn lives they have a
newspaper that still needs to use filler! I haven't seen any since the
60s. I used to love those little bits of information! (For t
In a message dated 12/13/2003 7:10:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I don't think there are any lacemakers who are
> really "famous".
The only lacemakers I can think of that are famous are famous for things
other than lacemaking, for instance, Catherine of Aragon or Ma
Roslyn wrote:
I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous lacemakers
were men."
As this contentious statement has caused us some degree of bewilderment and
speculation, could we ask Roslyn to contact the paper to ask why the author of
the article believes this to be so.
Un
Roslyn wrote:
I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous lacemakers
were men."
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like middlemen.
As far as I know, here in Catalonia (Spain), so
The problem here could be continuous confusion between machine lacemaking
and bobbin lace.
Virtually all bobbin lacemakers were women who sold, as suggested, through
middlemen. However, in complete contrast, virtually all lace made on
machines was made by men - although women carried out the "fini
I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous lacemakers
were men."
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like middlemen.
They would buy from a lacemaker and sell to the wealthier lor
