Dear Spiders
Can of you please let me know how many lacemakers and how many months it took
them to make the lace for Queen Victoria's wedding dress. I do have this
information but it would save me several hours of time ploughing my way
through the many lace books on my shelves to find an
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Hi Cathy
No I don't know how many months it took or how many, although, like you I
will have the information in a book somewhere. I love the quote you have
copied from them!! Do they really think we would be interested in making
lace like this?I suspect that by the time we have made 'the
I vote for 600 lacemakers and 9 months, but that's just a guess. I went
online and found this quote: he English Honiton lace trim was made in Devon
by more than 200 lace workers and took eight months to complete.
When I get similar questions sent to me via The Lace Guild, after I have
explained about the level of skill needed therefore the cost per hour, and the
number of hours it would take to make even a small piece of lace, I usually
give them a link to the Cluny Lace Company in Derbyshire
Hi Catherine,
I recently researched this for a Honiton article:
I got ahold of Kay Staniland and Santina Levey's book on Queen Victoria's
wedding dress.
The lace consisted of a large skirt flounce, 25.5 by four yards in
circumference. It was apparently started in 1837 or 1838, well before
Hi Laurie,
This is very interesting but I think you may have the wrong Kathryn.
I am am Arachne member but I have been lacing for about 2 years and usually
just lurck . Hopefully I will soon have more confidence to paricipate.
Hope you find the right Catherine.
Kathryn Roberts
Kathryn Roberts
According to Luxton Fukuyama ROYAL HONITON LACE, 1988, Jane Bidney of Beer
assembled 200 lacemakers to make the lace, at a cost of 1000 pounds. But
Laurie's information is more detailed.
Lorelei
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Dear Catherine,
The May/June issue of PieceWork magazine has been delivered in America. I
was surprised to see an article Victoria's Passion - Queen Victoria's
Unremitting Love of All Things Lace. There were things I had never known.
Christopher John Brooke Phillips, the author (born in
At one time I believe the price of a piece of lace was determined by the number
of old shilling coins it required to completely cover the lace. Fast forward
in time and work out how many credit cards would be needed to cover the lace
and reckon £20 per card - more for very fine lace such as
I can’t remember the source but I was of the impression that the lace was
ordered in several batches, originally as coronation lace and then for the
wedding dress etc.
H J Yallop says
“Equal obscurity surrounds the question of the number of lacemakers involved.
A newspaper report (Besley’s
Several images of paintings and engravings as well as information here:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_dress_of_Queen_Victoria
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Jeri, I hav been guilty of not updating the links on my website - but have just
this minute taken the necessary action.
I have also checked all the other links on
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/lacelinks.html
and have updated the IOLI link as it went to a page telling you to go to
I seem to be missing digests #56 and 57. I had not noticed till you
mentioned it, Janice.
I can send you 59 and 61 if you wish, or if someone else has not sent them
to you already.
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
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I too have received none since #67 until #62.
Please if anyone has these, send to me privately.
Thank you
Sallie in WY USA
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I seem to be missing digests #56 and 57. I had not noticed till
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