It is explained in one of the Ipswich lace books that Elizabeth Lord Lakeman
was 95 when she died, and that she was probably making white linen lace
because that was what she could see. Â It would have been useful to sew it to
the edges of linen clothes and household linens, to extend their lives.
Thank you Gon & Adele! Not an Ipswich-er myself so I hadn’t delved into the
finer points. Always something new to learn on Arachne & it’s lucky that we
have so many experts! It could be interesting to work the same pattern in each
thread to see if one is more effective or appealing than the
Hi Susan:
It’s explained in the book. They did make white lace in Ipswich (MA) - perhaps
even a large amount of white lace - and the original samples sent to Alexander
Hamilton comprised 22 samples in black silk and 14 samples in white linen.
Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the page of white
Karen was very generous to let me use photos of her Ipswich, MA lace samples in
our library exhibit earlier this year. They were positioned near samples made
by Chris Guarnieri from Karen’s book & they made a nice display. My question?
Why is the Smithsonian Ipswich lace white? From
