Re: [lace] Lace stocking front

2010-11-22 Thread Aurelia Loveman
: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net Sent: Nov 21, 2010 2:01 AM To: stevieni...@gmail.com Cc: Diana Smith dian...@tiscali.co.uk, Arachne reply lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Lace stocking front Hi Natalie There is picture of two stocking fronts in 'The Romance of the Lace Pillow

Re: [lace] Lace stocking front

2010-11-21 Thread Jane Partridge
In message f7b93088bb4a45c799a87f519422b...@salex, Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net writes Hi Natalie There is picture of two stocking fronts in 'The Romance of the Lace Pillow' by Thomas Wright. In my edition they are in volume 1, opposite page 37. However, there is something not

Re: [lace] Lace stocking front

2010-11-21 Thread Lora
Would it be rather dense if I asked what exactly stocking fronts are? I assume they related womens stockings - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com

Re: [lace] Lace stocking front

2010-11-21 Thread lbuyred
Alex, In reading the caption I get the impression that Mr. Wright is saying that stocking fronts in general were used in Queen Elizabeth's day. I don't think that Mr. Wright means that these particular stocking fronts are that old. They certainly don't look like the kind of lace that was

[lace] Lace stocking front

2010-11-20 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Natalie There is picture of two stocking fronts in 'The Romance of the Lace Pillow' by Thomas Wright. In my edition they are in volume 1, opposite page 37. However, there is something not quite right about the caption. It says stocking fronts were used in Queen Elizabeth's day. However, these