Please don't forget the extensive work of Alan Summerly Cole
(http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Cole_AS.htm), who corresponded with
William Morris and was a close friend of Whistler. He is a seriously
neglected, but extremely important author on lace, specializing in the Irish
lacemaking
Hello Noelene
In my research I have an instance of a 'Straw plaiter' who later became a
'lacemaker'. Maybe the person you found was a worker of both if they are
both recorded.
There is a very distant bell ringing in my head of seeing somewhere a sample
of lace made from straw. Another bell
I have a photograph of a group of girls making lace at New Pitsligo. As it
is quite small and not very clear the lace they are making is not visible.
If anyone is interested I can send them a scan.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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There's Hollie Point needlelace as well as the various laces mentioned.
Still not much bobbin lace but, as has been said, if the local skills were
with the needle(s) - lace knitting, fine embroidery - why would they bother
to take up a completely different craft (particularly one that needed
Hello Diana
Some of the plaited straw work is delicate enough to be called lace
anyway. On a couple of occasions Lace Guild Conventions have included
straw plaiting displays and IIRC as a taster workshop also. But you
are right, straw plaiting (mostly for hats) went alongside BL in
I was shown a lace mat at the weekend that had been bought in a charity
shop, and I couldn't identify it, can anyone help? It was about 9 in
by 5in, and the basic construction was a tape, arranged in loops/swags,
with the loops/swags infilled. The infills were 90% bars in buttonhole
stitch,
I've visited Hamilton Museum (it's not far from Glasgow). It has lace
pillows and bobbins (all of the typical English Midlands type) and
some lace but only one piece that is said to be Hamilton lace. I took
Jeri Ames there back in 2002 and we were both very unhappy with the
scrambled mess on
Alan Brown has written 2 studies based on Cole's work. They are:
'Lace and the Emerald Isle' (ISBN 0 9535 2066 8) and 'The Honiton lace
industry in 1887; an illustrated snapshot from Queen Victoria's jubilee
year' (ISBN 0 9535 2065 10).
On Monday, February 5, 2007, at 04:22 AM, Laurie
Noelene,
Could it be that the woman was a Straw Plaiter? Bedfordshire was a centre
for Straw Plaiting as well as Lace Making. The Plaited straw I imagine
would then be used to make straw hats and baskets that sort of thing. Maybe
the person concerned did both things, plaited straw and
Luton Football club also have the straw boater hat, one of which was
presented to him when he got married. He was a big supporter of the club at
that time.
Sue T, Dorset UK
Noelene,
Could it be that the woman was a Straw Plaiter? Bedfordshire was a centre
for Straw Plaiting as well as
On Feb 4, 2007, at 5:46 PM, lace-digest wrote:
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Subject: Re: [lace] New Book/Lace Fans? (long)
One of my first lace book purchases was Ann Collier's Lace in
Miniature because my major hobby is porcelain doll making. In fact,
I had my first experience with bobbin lace
Now that I am thinking about it, I recall that there was a movement to
improve the design of Honiton lace and some nice Art Nouveau looking designs
were
produced and encouraged by Lady Trevelyan.
I guess the fact that my trip is a northerly trip, not going to the west
country, where I
Dear All
Apologies for cluttering up the list, but I'd be
grateful for an e mail address for the
Australian/Honiton lace competition. I've been asked
for details but had not kept them
Please reply privately, of course.
With thanks
Leonard
There was also an article in '20 Lace 86' written by Myra Dean about her aunt
Alicia Henderson Bodie who lived in New Pitsligo. The article ends with a
list of lace collections in Scotland.
Diana sent it to me when I was searching. I have wondered how complete the
list is at present.
Lorri
in
Dear Arachneans,
since you started bringing up the discussion about the lace tablecloth I, too,
visited the
site. And Noelene, I think you are quite right. Petra is a very generous and
nice person.
I had the privilege of being her room-mate, when both of us attended the
Leistungskurs A of
I thought Hollie point was much further down in England. My understanding was
Southern England, but I can stand corrected. I am actually a needlelacer by
preference, so I have done Hollie point, enjoyed it, sort of. Bit fine and and
two dimensional for me, but a nice change every so often. As
Hi Jean and spiders,
I forgot you were in Glasgow. What a pity they had a pillow there but in such a
state. I got upset years ago about the state of some beautiful Aryshire baby's
bonnets in our local museum and made complaint. They promptly handed me the job
and I've been there ever since.
At 5:52 pm -0500 5/2/07, Rochelle wrote:
Interesting the continental influence in Pitsligo. Wasn't that bit
late for the migrations of lacemakers from Europe? I thought there
were a few 'waves' of migration of lacemakers but much earlier than
that. Does anyone know any more about that, or am I
Dear Spiders
There's an interesting piece of lace from a New England estate on Ebay that is
a style that is new to me. Looks to be a modern style as it has plaited edges
and then an odd mosying wholestitch trail (?) with torchon ground within the
trails. Have a look and see what y'all think!
I am curious to find out if everyone has received their Winter IOLI Bulletin.
If you have not yet received your copy yet, please email me personally, not
the to list. Just doing a survey. Mine came in January.
My Lace Guild
magazine arrived on Saturday, so it came after Liz got hers in
To begin with, I don't pretend to be an expert on fans. However, some
of my fans have been published in both British and American lace
journals, and a couple of them were on display in the Baltimore
Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum (also in Baltimore); so I
have gathered my courage to
On Feb 5, 2007, at 9:15, Sue Fischler wrote:
Now for the lace challenge. I want to do a floral piece which will
echo the rose motif used on the brocade fabric of the doll's wedding
dress overskirt. My starting point is the Floral Bucks Fan, pg 76
in Collier's book reduced to 75% but I would
This is what is written in a report of which I have a copy (obtained by
inter-library loan) titled Scottish Home Industries: An Account Written by
Provost Alexander Ross of Inverness in 1895.
Scottish Home Industries Association was formed at the end of the last
century to work at traditional
Thank you one and all, this has been really interesting.
---
Rochelle Sutherland
Lachlan (8 yrs), Duncan (7 yrs) and Iain (6 yrs)
www.houseofhadrian.com.au
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My front flower bed is being over run by perennial cornflowers - and I want
to get rid of them.
They have a long tap root, which even if a smidgeon is left in the ground,
will grow again.
Any ideas for a relatively painless way to treat them so that they just
shrivel up ..
The
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So how did he apply it?
He put the vinegar in a hand sprayer and squirted each
plant.
Alice in Oregon
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