Re: [lace] Fashion History books

2018-03-08 Thread Maria Greil
Hello, This is just an email giving some additional information on Fashion History books. Sorry for the delay answering your request but health problems do not allow me to do things as fast as I would like. Yes, very few books make a good reference to lace, but there are some devoted only to that w

Re: [lace] Fashion History books

2018-03-07 Thread Jeri Ames
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[lace] Fashion History books

2018-03-06 Thread DevonThein
Lorelei’s query about fashion history books is a good question. The problem encountered by the lace historian is to try to figure out what all these pieces of lace in museum collections started out trying to be. It is very vexing, and I wish I understood the topic better. I have found the books b

Re: [lace] fashion history

2018-03-05 Thread N.A. Neff
There's a four volume set on men's and women's fashions by Janet Arnold, but it's only medieval through 18th maybe early 19th C. It's primarily on reconstructing clothes. Is that what you are thinking of perhaps? Nancy Connecticut, USA On Mar 5, 2018 18:26, "Lorelei Halley" wrote: There is

[lace] fashion history

2018-03-05 Thread Lorelei Halley
There is a fashion history book in 4 volumes (I think) that I have heard about. But I can't remember the author & title. Can anybody help? Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gma