[lace] Re: Lace: Ipswich, Massachusetts

Liz, yes, the lace on the pillow in the first picture is the one I made. It is a reproduction from the pattern at the Smithsonian and the corresponding lace (number 9) in the Library on Congress. It has been on display since 2001. Karen, I enjoyed reading the article. Is the reproduction lace

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

And I bought it when I first heard it was in print. Definitely worth getting. I put it on the demo table at the Chicago Botanic Garden so that I could talk about historical lace in the USA Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

I'm not waiting for Christmas, nor do I trust my elves to bring me all the lace books I want. I have this book, among others, on order (and I hope in the mail), and a bunch of CDs on my wish list!! On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: > > But honestly, doesn’t

Re: [lace] Ipswich, MA lace - silk vs. linen

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.  It would have been useful to sew it to the edges of linen clothes and household linens, to extend their lives.

Re: [lace] Ipswich, MA lace

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

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

> But, isn’t the lace on the pillow at the Smithsonian, made by the 90 year > old lacemaker in 1860, who had worked lace in the 1780s and 90s in Ipswich, MA > a point ground lace? If I were making lace 70-odd years after I started, I hope I’d be making a different pattern. ;-) But honestly,

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

I do hope that if I were making lace 70 years from now, I would not be making the same pattern ;-) Adele > On Dec 9, 2017, at 11:19 AM, DevonThein wrote: > > But, isn’t the lace on the pillow at the Smithsonian, made by the 90 year > old lacemaker in 1860, who had worked

Re: [lace] Ipswich, MA lace

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

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

I have Karen’s book, and the interesting thing is the Ipswich (MA) laces are *not* point ground laces. They look like it, I know, and I made that mistake myself when I first looked only at the pictures, but the samples use Torchon ground, Honeycomb ground, and Kat stitch ground. Adele West

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

Hi Maureen and Nancy, I thought that one of the characteristics of the Ipswich MA lace is the often different angle of the grid in the ground and in the motifs. The angle in the ground is 66° or 52° and in the motifs often 45°. Karen Thompson says the same thing in her book The Lace Samples

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

I suppose you might say that the difference between lace made in Ipswich, MA and that made in Ipswich, England is that the Ipswich, MA handmade lace industry was the only handmade lace industry in the US, and thus quite an anomaly, whereas the Ipswich, England handmade lace industry was one of

RE: [lace] Ipswich lace

Hi Nancy Thank you. I have just googled Ipswich MA lace and it does look very similar to Bucks Point. I think I need to see a book to compare. HI Maureen Beyond the trivial answer (the difference is where they were made), I don't know for sure. The Ipswich MA lace is point ground, but

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

Hi Maureen, Beyond the trivial answer (the difference is where they were made), I don't know for sure. The Ipswich MA lace is point ground, but narrow and made of black silk, which is unusual in the UK point ground I think. Karen Thompson (or her book) would be the authoritative source to answer

RE: [lace] Ipswich lace

Dear Nancy What is the difference between Ipswich lace UK and Ipswich Massachusetts please? I am sure I should know, or at least know where to look but my main computer often deletes part of an email, no matter who the service provider is. Hi Daphne, Are you thinking Ipswich UK? We haven't

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace pillow

Thanks Karen for posting this URL - I had lost any previous messages that had this link. What fun I had looking at the photos! If you haven’t tried the link yet - they are high definition photos. Click on the photo so that it fills the page, and then you can zoom in so close you can see the

Re: [lace] Ipswich pillow

Here's a tiny URL. May work better: https://tinyurl.com/ydhazdp7 On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 5:32 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote: > Here is a direct link to the article and photos. It is a long url, and you > will have to paste it together. > - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Ipswich pillow

Here's an easier link to this Ipswich style pillow in Jeri's collection which I hope will work fine Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace

Hi Daphne, Are you thinking Ipswich UK? We haven't been clear, but we're talking about lace made in Ipswich Massachusetts. Nancy Connecticut, USA On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Daphne Martin wrote: > Hello > Nicky Townsend has written a book on this lace. She has done a

RE: [lace] Ipswich pillow

Thank you Lorelei for the link and thank you Jeri for sharing this with us all. Maureen E Yorks UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

RE: [lace] Ipswich

I am from Ipswich Qld and I am very interested in Ipswich lace I don't post very often but enjoy reading all the posts Happy Lacing, Madge http://sewhappylace.blogspot.com.au/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,

re [lace] Ipswich

Lyn wrote: Is Ipswich more like Bucks, or a Continental point ground? Might that make a difference? lrb The American Ipswich laces from around 1790 are not point ground laces. The main grounds are point de Paris (or Kat-stitch), or some variation on the Torchon ground. Point ground was used as

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

The Whipple House Museum in Ipswich is supposed to have a collection of Ipswich lace.  Unfortunately they don't have any photos on their website that I can find.  It's on my bucket list to visit there some day. http://ipswichmuseum.drupalgardens.com/exhibitions-collections/whipple-house   Diane

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

Some of the members of the New England Lace Group have worked on cataloguing the lace collection at the Ipswich Historical Society and have photographed much of the lace and posted the photos on their Yahoo group site:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ipswich_Lace/ You will need to join the group to

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

I visited the Ipswich Museum a couple years ago, and was disappointed. I went without any prior arrangements. There is one bolster pillow, maybe two, some bobbins, a few examples of the lace, some prickings, but very little else. All in one small case. I believe some people from the local

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

Thanks for the reminder Jill.  I'm a member of this Yahoo group and I remember that they posted MANY photos of the lace collections.  The laces though are not all Ipswich-made.  I wonder if Shell, the original poster, is interested in the Ipswich-made laces from the late 18th-century or all the

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

You do need to make special arrangements to see what is in the archived collection - which is substantial, by the way, although it is not all Ipswich lace. The New England Lace Group made a field trip a couple of years' ago and were rewarded with a splendid display. If you know you're going to

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

Oh! The stories to tell! Two Maine lace makers went down to the Whipple House (Colonial Period historic property owned by the Ipswich Historical Society) to view lace years ago. The curator was contacted in advance, so we were expected. We were shown to an upper room, where short cuts

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

Shell, together with some American ladies I helped the Ipswich Museum to identify the laces from Ipswich Museum. I am sure you could find them in internet. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace

Shell- I just searched the archive under Ipswich, and on the second page there's a link to materials held at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm157.html; there were other posts that looked of interest, concerning a museum near Ipswich, etc., so I'd say an archive

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples

Hi Devon, There is (or at least was) a small amount of Ipswich lace on display in the Whipple House in Ipswich, Mass. I visited there about ten years ago and found the house full of other interesting things as well, and it is well worth visiting. Of course you are right that our group has

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples

, just that they have it. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where it's cool, and sunny, with no rain for quite a while. Indian Summer come early. -Original Message- From: Vicki Bradford twohappyb...@aol.com Sent: Aug 27, 2010 4:52 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Ipswich

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples

Subject: Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples Hi Devon, There is (or at least was) a small amount of Ipswich lace on display in the Whipple House in Ipswich, Mass. I visited there about ten years ago and found the house full of other interesting things as well, and it is well worth

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples

That lecture was given by Marta Cotterell Raffel, author of The Laces of Ipswich. Vicki -Original Message- Sent: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 7:39 pm Subject: Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace- location of examples The last time the IOLI convention was at Bathesda someone did a lecture on the history

Re: [lace] Ipswich lace prickings

Dear Arachnids, Elise lives near me. I'm able to take care of her questions. Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 5/13/2009 9:14:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, drswilli...@yahoo.com writes: She doesn't have a book, but Karen Thompson has been reproducing

Re: [lace] Ipswich bobbin winder on Ebay

The handle is on the right hand side so it would be used by a right handed person. The bobbin goes on the left. Where is the spindle for the thread? Sue On 12 May 2009, at 03:53, Laurie Waters wrote: Take a look at this bobbin winder on Ebay 110385490635. I'll call it English (how it

Re: [lace] Ipswich bobbin winder on Ebay

I collect, and have studied, old lacemaking equipment used in the East Midlands and I've never seen a winder with this configuration, usually old bobbin winders are used sideways on with the wheel handle to the right and the cup to hold the bobbin on the left - I have three all like this in my

Re: [lace] Ipswich bobbin winder on Ebay

It looks fine to me, but the current bid is 243.30 USD !! Someone has more money than sense! Brenda On 12 May 2009, at 03:53, Laurie Waters wrote: Take a look at this bobbin winder on Ebay 110385490635. I'll call it English (how it ended in Ipsich, if indeed it ever did we'll never know) It

Re: [lace] Ipswich bobbin winder on Ebay

That would work - place yourself at the short end with the handle on the wheel on your right and the bobbin to be wound in the which-a-doodle on your left. I have a reproduction made way back when by D.J. Hornsby which is a bit different because I sit with the long side facing me. Betty Ann in

Re: [lace] Ipswich bobbins?

Brian, Are you aware that Marta's article was written while she was researching Ipswich lace on a broader scale and that she published a full treatise/book entitled, The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840 (Paperback, 176 pages, January, 2003) ?

RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace ( UK USA)

Adkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:59 AM To: Carolyn Hastings; 'Katrina longmuir'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace ( UK USA) Hi Katrina, Jeri, Carolyn and All, Was the Ipswich tapestry the one designed and made

RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace ( UK USA)

'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace ( UK USA) I have to ask -- I did have the impression that the tapestries were embroidered by one or more needlework guilds, and thus not the work of a single person. And there were a series of panels, not a single one

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace ( UK USA)

] On Behalf Of Katrina longmuir Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com Subject: RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace (a reference to Pilgrims and lace in paragraph 5) Dear Jeri Ames, If my signature block had stayed on my message I said I was Katrina in a very bleak

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

Clay, it's for sure a simple but handmade Point Ground Lace. This pattern we find on several places so it's very dificult to say from which place. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

Thanks to all of you who answered my question. I haven't taken the time to learn more about Ipswich. Now I know something of what it *isn't*... should probably try to learn more about what it is. ; ) Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -- Original message

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay? Clay, it's for sure a simple but handmade Point Ground Lace. This pattern we find on several places so it's very dificult to say from which place. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

What a shame I read Ipswich Lace and shot into the link to find it was Ipswich USA not Ipswich where I currently reside well never mind I'll get on with my 'Ipswich Lace' and dream on.. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

Definitely hand made point ground lace, but without a powerful magnifier and the OIDFA PG study book it's impossible to to be any more precise because it's fairly simple pattern so likely to have been made/made in more than one of the point ground areas. Brenda On 21 Feb 2008, at 02:25,

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace (a reference to Pilgrims and lace in paragraph 5)

In a message dated 2/21/2008 11:19:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What a shame I read Ipswich Lace and shot into the link to find it was Ipswich USA not Ipswich where I currently reside well never mind I'll get on with my 'Ipswich Lace' and dream on..

RE: [lace] Ipswich Lace (a reference to Pilgrims and lace in paragraph 5)

Dear Jeri Ames, If my signature block had stayed on my message I said I was Katrina in a very bleak Ipswich in England, (where incidentaly they have just found the man charged with 5 girls murder in December 2006 Guilty-there is justice after all), but we are hoping for warmer weather this

Re: [lace] Ipswich Lace on eBay?

To me this lace has the characteristics of a very simple Chantilly - couldn't that be a Tulle ground? The motifs are outlined in gimp and look like half stitch (not linen) and there are picots on the edge - all essential to Chantilly. Chantilly was made by machine as early as the 1870's.

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Ipswich question needs immediate reply

Hi Jane, I'm supposed to be asleep in preparation for an early morning departure for Ithaca, but couldn't resist your question! I visited Ipswich a few years ago with particular interest in seeing the examples of old Ipswich lace. I am pretty certain the small display which exists was in