My magazine arrived safely a couple of days ago â at last. There is a lot
of good reading in it, -- and an idea I am playing with for a competition
piece, has had a nice prod, by something in the magazine which travels along
the path my thoughts were going! So that was a big help to see
Hello all,
I have a question about making corners on a roller pillow. I have seen the
conical (as opposed to cylindrical) rollers for making corners, and I
understand how they work, but how do you then go on working a straight
piece of lace after you've made the corner? Do you have to transfer
Hello again spiders,
At the time of the preparation for writing the Guide and Dictionary, I also
mentioned my digital (and actual) collection of what I am calling my
"Continental Bobbin Collection". As I am poorly educated in this area of
bobbins I asked for a volunteer who may sort or
Hi Spiders,
I hope to get the East Midland Collectors Guide and Antique English Lace
Bobbin Dictionary up on line soon.
Meanwhile I have been looking at my digital East Devon (Honiton) bobbin
collection and it is a bit "lacking"! Come to that, so too are my examples
of Downton and
Hello Susan
The 'Chrysanthemum lace' from Essential Vermeer is a classical lace from
earlier centuries, not the 'Chrysanthemum lace' referred to in the
Belleville book, and other current publications offering nice patterns for
mats and seasonal ornaments, e.g. hearts, Easter eggs, Christmas
Thank you Jean! Bobbi is definitely the Queen of Tonder lace! As to
Chrysanthemum, a connection with Bruges fits the "Flanders province"
description on Essential Vermeer. Interesting too that description "b" under
Bruges in Glynne is reminiscent of Chrysanthemum attributes: tape-like lace,
Thank you Clare! It was nice of you to consult your copy of the Belleville
book. According to the Vermeer site, it was "made in Flanders province for
export to Holland. Dutch lace is also called Cauliflower or Chrysanthemum lace
because of the pattern." Now you know why I was trying to
The intro to Chrysanthemum Lace by Cathleen Belleville says that 'the history
of this lace is a mystery. It is a relatively modern lace, having been
developed in the early to mid 1900s but its country of origin is widely
disputed. Almost every European country claims to have invented it...'
Hi Susan,
Tønder lace is indeed Danish as Jean says, a point ground lace derived from
Lille lace from France. This is what I read recently, I believe in the
first part of Inge Skovgaard's The Technique of Tønder Lace. Bobbi
Donnelly, as Jean says, is the expert on Tønder, would know if I have
Thanks Jean! I saw the Belleville book online but would need to request it
from IOLI library to see if it has historical info. I just stumbled upon the
Vermeer site & the Chrysanthemum reference. I only knew about Withof &
'sGravenmoer so this was a surprise that there might be an additional
Susan,
Tonder bobbin lace (with a slash across the o) is definitely from Denmark - ask
Bobbi Donnelly who is teaching Tonder at the IOLI Convention in July
(https://internationalorganizationoflace.org/Conventions/2017Convention/Classes/amclasses.html)
There could be whitework from Tonder but
Hello All! While working on our upcoming "nationality lace" exhibits today, I
was using the Lace app (Leader) & the Illustrated Dictionary (Gwynne) to help
me plan the layouts for our maps & lace displays. I found a brief reference to
Chrysanthemum lace, described as Dutch lace, on a Vermeer
Hi
Yesterday, on returning from a busy day, I found my exchange bookmark from
Alice Howell. it's a lovely white flower from a German lace book, I shall
treasure it. And with it a card showing Carricmaross lace from the Lace
Guild collection.
Thanks again , Alice
Alison in sunny and
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