Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

Benton & Johnson! Yes, that was it. I couldn’t find them on the web any more - thanks for the info that I should be looking for Toye, Kenning & Spencer. Not that I want anything, but I do like to keep up with who the suppliers are and where I can find them. Adele > > Benton and Johnson are

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

> On 2 Feb 2018, at 20:46, Adele Shaak wrote: > I just got my “Lace” magazine - does anybody know this frogging technique? Gil Dye has instructions for working this frogging in ‘Surface Decoration in Silk and Metallic Threads’, Book 3 of her Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Lace

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

Nancy and Adele - Benton and Johnson are now part of Toye, Kenning, & Spencer, "By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, Suppliers of Gold & Silver Laces, Insignia, and Embroidery", since 1685. I didn't look hard for gold frogs, but they might still make them. Website:

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

​"​ Adele Shaak wrote:Back when I was doing embroidery, I recall there was a place in London where they sold real gold threads and purls, etc, for use in uniforms. Does anybody know if that company is still running - or better still, ​" Yes, I think you mean Benton and

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

Hi Adele, I don't know if they are in London, but Benton & Johnson carry bullion, gold passing, etc. Are they who you were remembering? Nancy Connecticut, USA On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: > I just got my “Lace” magazine - does anybody know this

Re: [lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

I just got my “Lace” magazine - does anybody know this frogging technique? Was it traditionally made using ribbon or a metal strip? The picture looks to me like a thin strip of gold-coloured metal, rather than ribbon, but I haven’t heard of the technique before and I don’t know for sure. Back

[lace] Fwd: Lace Magazine #169

I just saw the messages about not having received any since January 26. I sent the message below on January 30 and wondered why no one had commented. I dug through my Sent boxes and found I’d sent from the wrong email address, not the one I joined Arachne with. Operator error. Jean Reardon in