Hi Alex:
I tried to find an answer, too, but like you I had little luck. The French book
“Dentelles Normandes: La Blonde de Caen” is a history book and has a lot of
information about Blonde lace, but the emphasis is on business, not on
technique, though there are a few places where they
I saw the question.
A year or two ago the Met had a Vigee LeBrun exhibit. She was the artist who
painted the French aristocracy right up to the Revolution and even beyond, as
she also fled. I thought it would be interesting to have a viewing of lace
such as in the paintings. Most of it was
