[lace] Jean Leader's Christmas Contest Bobbin

2019-03-06 Thread hottleco
Hello All! It's adorable! Alison is very creative & even painted the focal bead on the spangle--cheerful daisies, greenery & berries. Such tiny brush strokes--she must have a three hair brush! I will enjoy using it. Thanks again Jean for adding a lacy highlight to the holidays. I posted a pic

[lace] Lace books

2019-03-06 Thread Ann-Marie Andersson
Hello, I have some lace books and booklets for sale. If you are interested please email me privately and I will send a list with photos and prices. Regards Ann-Marie Andersson Sweden - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here.

Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-06 Thread Adele Shaak
OK. I’ve been reading Santina Levey this morning, and I think the collar in the Jan Six XI Rembrandt is indeed bobbin lace. Read Levey's remarks on Flemish bobbin lace on p. 23 and take a good look at plates 112 and 135 - 140. The Flemish falling collars are specifically mentioned as being made

[lace] Recognising Lace

2019-03-06 Thread Gilian Dye
I cannot tell the difference between a Nike trainer and one made for Tesco unless I can see the logo, and I only know an I-phone from any other smart-phone if I see the apple. But to many groups of teenagers this information is important: from ten paces they can tell not only the make but the

Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-06 Thread Catherine Barley
Fascinating article and thank you Jeri for asking Devon to post it on arachne. I've read the latest post about many thinking the collar to be that of needelace and not bobbin lace but can only get the NYT article on my laptop and not my iPad, where I was hoping to enlarge the portrait enabling