Very recently, Gil Dye sent me a pdf of a talk she presented at The School of Historical Dress in London. She was in the company of a number of very well-known museum textile scholars (also speakers), which is delightful to know. I must add that having one of the members of our lace community invited to speak at this study day really is something to celebrate! Gil's talk featured her study of 17th C. gold (and silver) laces, plus the lace she reconstructed from remains found inside a seam of a gown that was featured in Volume 2 of "Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns", which was edited by Susan North and Jenny Tiramani in 2012. Perhaps you will remember that X-rays were taken of a mulberry velvet gown (from the Isham collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum), yielding interesting details. I wrote a book review of Book Two in 2013. If you purchased it ... Or ... if you have taken classes where Gil has taught reconstruction of this period's gold and silver laces ... You might like to read Gil's Blog, where she has generously provided her entire talk: From Gold Thread to Gold Lace. If you plan further study of this period's laces, this will be important background information for you. ----------------------------------- Here is Gil's permission: I have no plans to publish in a bulletin at the moment, but it is now on my website: https://earlylace.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/gold-thread-to-gold-lace.pdf and I would be very happy for you to put the link on Arachne Jeri continues: If you wish to read our Arachne correspondence, put the book title in the Arachne archive's search box, or you may go directly to my Arachne book review at: _http://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/msg43120.html_ (http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg43120.html) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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