Hello All! At Ithaca Lace Day, Holly had some very interesting lace âblue printsâ with samples attached & many were sold. These are samples that were sent to J Benz, 23 Rue dâEnghien, Paris, apparently in the early 1900âs. Iâve tried to attach my correspondence with the Plauen Lace Museum (& hope it comes thru) for anyone who is interested or who purchased the pages. I have posted pics to Arachne Flickr. The designs are quite lovely & may provide inspiration for a future bobbin lace project. Please feel free to use them. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
Sent from my iPa Begin forwarded message: > From: Plauener Spitzenmuseum - Jürgen Fritzlar <plauener-spitzenmus...@t-online.de> > Date: October 11, 2018 at 3:29:48 AM EDT > To: Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> > Subject: AW: Lace collection > Reply-To: "plauener-spitzenmus...@t-online.de" <plauener-spitzenmus...@t-online.de> > > Hello Susan, > I will try to explain it to you again. Paris was the world's fashion capital around 1900. It was the time of the "Belle Ãpoque". Many lace and embroidery for women's dresses and underwear were needed. Plauener Spitze had received the "Grand Prix" for the "miracle of the Plauener Musterung" at the world exhibition in Paris on 18.08.1900. Plauen was then the number 1 in the world. The US also had diplomatic representation in Plauen. > In Paris, there were publishers around the 1900s and the beginning of World War I who collected international trends in lace and embroidery and sent these trend collections to manufacturers and couturiers. Many Lacemakers from Plauen determined the trend. Their patterns became known worldwide from the fashion center of Paris. Only the most beautiful and precious lace and embroidery were included. Anyone who was there did not need to worry about selling. The pattern sheets are very precious and collectors get good prices. > I hope that everything I wanted to say is understood. > Best regards > > > Jürgen Fritzlar > Dipl.-Jur. und Rechtsanwalt > Geschäftsführer > > Plauener Spitzenmuseum > Unterer Graben 1 > D-08523 Plauen > Tel. +49 (0) 3741 223 713 > Fax. +49 (0) 3741 281 192 > plauener-spitzenmus...@t-online.de > www.plauen.de/spitzenmuseum - 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/
