Gidday all,
I am in urgent need of historical info on specifically Torchon lacemaking.
I have wracked my brains, my books and the internet, but everyone seems to
talk about lacemaking in general, or the earliest records of lacemaking, or
else goes into great detail about lacemaking in England,
: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:42 AM
Subject: [lace] Torchon lace - history
Gidday all,
I am in urgent need of historical info on specifically
Torchon lacemaking.
I have wracked my brains, my books and the internet, but
everyone seems to
talk about lacemaking in general, or the earliest records
Michelle
There is actually a small amount of authentic historical information on
torchon. The book LePompe 1559 is a pattern book published in 1559 which
consists of woodcuts of patterns for bobbin lace. It is the oldest pattern
book in existence. Most of the designs are for braided lace (lace
