Like other I am enjoying the discussions on needle lace. Coincidently there is an article about the Blythe House "decant" on the V&A blog which discusses their ongoing work digitising & rehousing the lace collection and shows amongst others two pieces of needle lace, one in green silk and one in human hair.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/conservation-blog/blythe-house-decant-updates-audit s-and-rehousing the needle lace images are near the bottom of the page. Apparently all the museums that store items at Blythe House are moving out to purpose built storage buildings in 2023. The V&A to an Olympic Park site. Louise In very soggy Cambridge. - 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/
