Hi Alex: Could you be thinking of Pauline, Lady Trevelyan? Looking at her Wikipedia entry, she was a friend of Ruskin, the Rossettis, and "various other people” in the pre-Raphaelite movement, although Morris is not mentioned. But I would assume she knew him.
In Anne Buck’s book on Thomas Lester, at the top of p. 44, there is mention of a Honiton border designed by Lady Trevelyan, acquired by the V&A in 1864. A picture of the Honiton border is on page 64 of that book. Hope this helps. Adele > On Jan 28, 2022, at 4:22 AM, Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > Hi Arachnids > > I am working on Honiton lace at the moment and seem to remember reading that > one of William Morris’s friends/acquaintances did some designing for Honiton > lace in an attempt to improve the lace being made. I believe she was female > and may have been resident in Devon at the time. I have hunted through all my > books on Honiton, lace history, lace identification and collecting lace, of > which I have a fair number, without finding it. Can anyone help me please? > > Blow the dust, let’s make lace > > Alex > - 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/
