Tamara P. Duvall a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace] Re: Lace Makers LampsÓ. [2004/11/22 07:18] > I've been waiting and waiting, for someone who was there to chime in, > but after 48hrs, I sit up and beg... :) >
sorry ... i didn't look at my mail for about that long .... VBG > A different gathering entirely - an IOLI (I think) Convention somewhere > (I wasn't there)... The electricity failed, someone brought out a > *make-shift* lacemaker's lamp (a bowl filled with water, illuminated, > from behind, by a candle? flashlight?) and it worked just fine, if > one's to believe the reports... > > I tried a makeshift lace maker's lamp with a decanter filled with water and a candle behind it : there was a square of somewhat flickering light falling on the pillow and enabling one to work . i guess a bigger globe would have given more light ... and old photographs show stools with a candle in the middle and glass globes full of water around it .. the stool had holes dug in it in which the globes were set . .. and the lace makers were sitting around it. just my two cents dominique from Paris, france . To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]