Valenciennes lace in 1453? Oh dear, oh dear, whatever next! The date is
really too early for lace of any sort, and besides the idea of lace as a
trimming for a nightdress or underwear belongs to the 19th and 20th centuries,
when lace was no longer a luxury item worn to display your wealth. I
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order.
Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the Tartu
public library has on its shelves.
I really enjoyed them, but was a little disappointed that her research
wasn't
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen by Philippa Godfrey in that order.
Sadly, these are all the books, written by this author, that the
Tartu public library has on its shelves.
I've read just about everything Philippa GREGORY has written and
really
Thanks, David, for picking up on my typing error. I even had the book in
front of me at the time.
You'll find the reference on the bottom of page 32 of The Red Queen.
Pene
On 9/26/2011 5:20 PM, David C COLLYER wrote:
Pene,
I recently read The White Queen, The Virgin's Lover, The Red
Queen
Pene
You are right that what most lacemakers think of as Valenciennes didn't exist
in 1453. LePompe 1559 is the earliest documentation we have for what the
early laces might have looked like. They were braided/plaited laces (some of
which use 5 hole ground as the crossing for 2 braids), tape
Dear Arachnes,
I was surprised to find a section on pillow lace in an old detective story I
read this weekend 'For the Defence, Dr Thorndyke'. Dr Thorndyke is an
invention of R Austin Freeman mostly in the 20's and 30's. He is a
Medico-Legal practitioner and an early forensic scientist, and
Hi Louise and everyone
What a delightful find :)
The author's word picture is extraordinary - I notice how he describes
the process... we are accustomed to using two hands, one on each
bobbin, stop and place pin. I have done a bit, using one hand only
when the other was bandaged, or holding the
Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move
bobbins, the other to place pins?
Not so easy to do with spangled bobbins, except I always do the twists at
the end of the row and lift the pair back a bit with hte hand at that end,
while the other hand fetches the pin to
Bev Walker wrote
Does anyone know - did the lacemakers expertly use one hand to move
bobbins, the other to place pins?
The Lace Guild library has a draft copy of a book by Ethel Nettleship - 'Pillow
Lace Making - 14 technical lessons to train the eyes and hands in the art of
pillow lace
Thank you Jean, and Jacqui T., for the most interesting information
about the question.
What training:
On 2/21/11, Jean Leader lacema...@q7design.demon.co.uk wrote:
Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting the
bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM, bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Hold the hands downwards as though playing the piano. Practise lifting
the
bobbins between the 4th and 3rd, 3rd and 2nd, 2nd and 1st fingers of the
left hand until the muscles ache. ...
Now I'm wondering, is
I finished reading Margaret Atwood's newest book The Year of the Flood
which I enjoyed reading highly recommend. Near the very end I cam
across these 2 sentences:
What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What is it but a piece of lace?
from page 508.
I had accidentally requested this book when I
: [lace] Lace in Literature
I finished reading Margaret Atwood's newest book The Year of the Flood
which I enjoyed reading highly recommend. Near the very end I cam
across these 2 sentences:
What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What is it but a piece of lace?
from page 508.
I had accidentally
I just finished reading a wonderful book titled The Elegance of the
Hedgehog written by Muriel Barbery.
This book was translated from French is a sad poignant story about a
concierge the families in her apartment building. Two of the chapter
headings are titled Of Lace and Frills and
I have read the reviews and it sounds like a really good read I have just
reserved it at my local library.
Thanks Pene
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Last night I finished reading Volume 4 of Casanova's Memoirs.
On page 634 there was another reference to lace.
When I awoke the next morning I wrote to Zenobia to buy three dresses
of the finest Lyons silk for three young ladies of rank. I sent the
necessary measurements, and instructions as
Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
stars David Tennant Peter O'Toole as the lead character.
I was intrigued about his memoirs found that the Tartu Public Library
had all 6 books as English translations by Arthur Machen. Since
discovering these big books I've been
Very interesting. What year does this event take place in?
Devon
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Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
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Very interesting. What year does this event take place in?
Devon
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Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
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Subject: [lace] Lace in Literature
Last year DH I watched the TV Mini-series titled Casanova which
stars David Tennant Peter O'Toole as the lead character.
I was intrigued about his memoirs found
It was fun to come across this reference to Bobbin Lace as I read one of the
13 books listed in author Jay Parini's recently published Promised Land;
Thirteen Books That Changed America . Mary Antin's memoir (also titled The
Promised Land) details her childhood journey from Polotzk, Russia, in the
Devon said-the name Doretta Davanzo Poli coming up in my mental file ...
Devon, this is the person who wrote, or edited, il Merletto Veneziano a
beaut book I have, which I bought with some prize money from a lace
competition. As the text is all in Italian, I can only understand a few
words, -
I recently read an interesting fictional book which was set in 1966
in the city of Florence when the Arno River flooded did much
damage to the contents of the old buildings. The book is written by
Robert Hellenga is titled The Sixteen Pleasures. I thoroughly
enjoyed reading it. To read some
I tried to get into the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence several years ago and
got as far as the foyer. It was being reconstructed and had some very far off
date for its reopening, which locals considered to be overly optimistic.
However, it may have opened by now. I think there are some pieces
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pene!!!
In the finest ancient (not you - but cultures...) tradition, the
celebrant has bestowed a gift on us all!! I can hardly wait to get my
hands on Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures... as I was an innocent Art
History scholar (!) in 1966 when Florence was flooded, and as
While reading The Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(Virago 1995, edited by Anita Desai), I came across the following
tantalising passages. Lady Montagu's husband was appointed British
Ambassador to Turkey in 1716 and they travelled across Europe and back for
his posting,
A quick flick through the Bucks. Cottage Workers Agency book, not dated but
after 1911 so from the fashions as well, a little earlier than your book,
reveals only one Bucks collar. Lots of Beds and Irish crochet(?) and a Bucks
neckband - very Edwardian.
The collar is marked as 8/6, 10/-, 12/6
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