Valenciennes lace in 1453? Oh dear, oh dear, whatever next! The date is
really too early for lace of any sort, and besides the idea of lace as a
trimming for a nightdress or underwear belongs to the 19th and 20th centuries,
when lace was no longer a luxury item worn to display your wealth. I
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order.
Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the
Tartu public library has on its shelves.
I've read just about everything Philippa GREGORY has written and
really
Thanks, David, for picking up on my typing error. I even had the book in
front of me at the time.
You'll find the reference on the bottom of page 32 of The Red Queen.
Pene
On 9/26/2011 5:20 PM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen
Hi Louise and everyone
What a delightful find :)
The author's word picture is extraordinary - I notice how he describes
the process... we are accustomed to using two hands, one on each
bobbin, stop and place pin. I have done a bit, using one hand only
when the other was bandaged, or holding the
Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move
bobbins, the other to place pins?
Not so easy to do with spangled bobbins, except I always do the twists at
the end of the row and lift the pair back a bit with hte hand at that end,
while the other hand fetches the pin to
Bev Walker wrote
Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move
bobbins, the other to place pins?
The Lace Guild library has a draft copy of a book by Ethel Nettleship - 'Pillow
Lace Making - 14 technical lessons to train the eyes and hands in the art of
pillow lace
Thank you Jean, and Jacqui T., for the most interesting information
about the question.
What training:
On 2/21/11, Jean Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk wrote:
Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting the
bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM, bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting
the
bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd and 1st fingers of the
left hand until the muscles ache. ...
Now I'm wondering, is
Yes, Margaret Atwood is an excellent writer, one of her best books, for me,
if a little depressing Oryx and Crake. She loves words and uses them
beautifully, she is been called a scintillating wordsmith. I've read, of
course living in Canada one must, all her books. Congrats in finding her.
I have read the reviews and it sounds like a really good read I have just
reserved it at my local library.
Thanks Pene
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Very interesting. What year does this event take place in?
Devon
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From: pene piip p...@eggo.org
To: Arachne Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 9:42 am
Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature
Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
Casanova doesn't mention dates often, but he was in his mid 30's. He was
born in 1725.
From what I can work out from the Wikipedia entry, I think it was in
the very early 1760's.
It was definitely before he went to England in 1763 which is where
Volume 5 starts.
Pene
dmt11h...@aol.com wrote:
I am currently reading a novel titled The Lacemaker by Janine Montupet
(1984) translated into English by Lowell Bair (1988). It takes place in the
second half of the seventeenth century in Alençon, France and concerns the
life and loves of a lace maker. There are lots of references to methods
I tried to get into the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence several years ago and
got as far as the foyer. It was being reconstructed and had some very far off
date for its reopening, which locals considered to be overly optimistic.
However, it may have opened by now. I think there are some pieces
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pene!!!
In the finest ancient (not you - but cultures...) tradition, the
celebrant has bestowed a gift on us all!! I can hardly wait to get my
hands on Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures... as I was an innocent Art
History scholar (!) in 1966 when Florence was flooded, and as
A quick flick through the Bucks. Cottage Workers Agency book, not dated but
after 1911 so from the fashions as well, a little earlier than your book,
reveals only one Bucks collar. Lots of Beds and Irish crochet(?) and a Bucks
neckband - very Edwardian.
The collar is marked as 8/6, 10/-, 12/6
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