[lace] Eng. footside on left?

2003-06-15 Thread Dmt11home
I have just read Marta Cotterell Raffel's book on Ipswich lace. Ispswich lace was made in Massachusetts, an industry which apparently began in 1750, although individual lacemakers may have made lace before then. It is thought that the lacemakers brought their skills with them from England, most

Re: [lace] Binche : qualified !

2003-07-03 Thread Dmt11home
Congratulations! If one were to make a trip to Binche, apart from the school, what would a person who is interested in lace and tapestry be able to see? Are there any museums of interest to the textile enthusiast? Would it be worthwhile to visit Binche to try to understand the history of

Re: [lace] Binche : qualified !

2003-07-07 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 07/07/2003 1:30:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Belgium is a very little country but it's divided in three regions : one is french speaking (Wallonia), one is dutch speaking (Flanders) and a little one is german speaking. Binche is in Wallonia, not

[lace] shopping at Met

2003-07-29 Thread Dmt11home
For those people visiting the Met on the IOL tour, I thought I might point out that there are a few lace related items in the huge Met store. There are some die-cut lace cards, some Point de Gaze patterned cocktail napkins, a scarf with a black lace design on it and there is a small area of the

[lace] conventioneer on David Letterman?

2003-08-14 Thread Dmt11home
Despite my best efforts to get David Letterman to cover the Tat-Off, it did not happen. However, now word has reached me that on Thursday night a male audience member at the Letterman show identified himself as being in town for the lace convention which was related to his work. Does anyone

[lace] Victoria's Coronation Robes

2003-08-20 Thread Dmt11home
Jean mentioned Queen Victoria's Coronation robes. Oddly enough there is a painting of her in her coronation robes in the Met, in the American Wing. I know I have spent some time looking at it for possible inclusion in the Lace Walk and rejected it. I think my decision was that it was not lace.

Re: [lace] Simon Toustou

2003-08-20 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 08/20/2003 1:26:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My wife bought one of his pillows and a stand and he sent a free pair of his bobbins for her to try. Exquisite workmanship. The pillow drawer was damaged in shipment so when I ordered the roller

[lace] businesses that care for linens

2003-08-24 Thread Dmt11home
In the last two weeks or so, I have received about 4 requests for information about laundering fine linens. In one case, it was a piece of crochet dating from the 1940's that had had some red dye run into it. In another, a woman inquired about some cutwork, filet lace, and miscellaneous other

Re: [lace] Miss Channer/enforcement issues

2003-08-28 Thread Dmt11home
As, I understand it, the principle behind copyright law is to encourage creativity by ensuring that those who invest effort in a pattern or other intellectual property may profit from it. Publishers who take the risk in publishing the work are also deserving of the right to profit. I believe

[lace] Miss Channer/calculation of loss

2003-08-28 Thread Dmt11home
Some years ago at a lace convention a lawyer addressed us on the subject of copyright. It was an amusing presentation because the orientation of the talk was the supposition that members of the audience may have designed something that they would like to protect and how to do that. However, all

[lace] Miss Channer/do the right thing

2003-08-28 Thread Dmt11home
Consider the following dark scenario. The president of Ruth Bean finds that the e-mail campaigns to republish Channer are now coming quarterly, rather than yearly. The increasingly angry tone of these campaigns suggests that some people who would not engage in illicit photocopying might engage

Re: [lace] Re: copyright and copying magazines

2003-08-28 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 08/28/2003 1:25:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Copyright is copyright and just because someone is a friend or doesn't want to be inconvenienced by having to hunt down a back issue on ebay or something, it is still a copyright violation! As I

[lace] Librarians-thugs?

2003-08-28 Thread Dmt11home
I am glad Bev brought up the matter of libraries. There is an entire profession of people devoted to the principle that making published material available to people who have not bought the books or magazines serves an important public interest. Why they are not rounded up and put behind bars

Re: [lace] Thinking woman/publicity campaign

2003-09-08 Thread Dmt11home
Having had the unusual experience of being last minute Publicity Chairman for the IOL convention, I found myself trying to explain the appeal of lacemaking to several reporters.The reporters came with the preconceived idea that people make lace to trim garments and because their grandmothers

Re: [lace] Thinking woman/publicity campaign

2003-09-08 Thread Dmt11home
Not wishing to get into the entire art/craft debate again, I can say unequivocally that craft has a poorer connotation than art. When presenting ourselves to the outside world in the best possible light as one does in a publicity campaign the use of the term craft is probably best avoided.

[lace] publicity/press package

2003-09-10 Thread Dmt11home
Many people have been complaining about the quality of the publicity that lacemaking has received. When I was thrust into the position of publicity chair for the convention I made a fact sheet about the convention to hand out to reporters which contained information about the convention and the

[lace] amateur lacemakers

2003-09-11 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 09/11/2003 5:35:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm more insulted by the term 'amateur lacemakers' - if they mean that I don't get paid then that is only true if we mean in money and I don't charge because no one could afford to pay me. My

Re: [lace] Price of everything - value of nothing

2003-09-14 Thread Dmt11home
Of course, if one did not want to enjoy the pleasure of seeing the inquirer stroke out at the probable price of a piece of commissioned hand made lace, one could direct the questioner to the antique market. Lace dealers are selling pieces of lace that took hundreds and hundreds of hours of work

[lace] lacemakers stool-Nottingham

2003-09-16 Thread Dmt11home
I recall once that I forgot my lacemaking table for a class and Maria Provencher suggested I keep the pillow in my lap and elevate my feet on a stool, holding the pillow in the lap. She claimed that this was the way that it was always done in Belgium and that you could work for hours without

[lace] Brussels needlelace?

2003-09-19 Thread Dmt11home
Do any of the Belgian lacemakers have an opinion about whether the flat needlelace with horizontal reseau that we sometimes call Point de Venise a reseau is actually from Brussels as Santina Levey believes? devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Battle of Britain Lace Panel

2003-09-22 Thread Dmt11home
Are any of these Battle of Britain Lace panels in the US? If so, are they accessible? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] e-mail for Bill Howe/Battle of Britain panel

2003-09-22 Thread Dmt11home
Does anyone have an e-mail for Bill Howe so that we can discuss currency in relation to the Battle of Britain panel book? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] correction/email for Rowe/Battle of Britain panels

2003-09-22 Thread Dmt11home
I mistyped Howe for Rowe. Does anyone have an e-mail for him, or must I rely on snail mail? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] lace research/thread analysis

2003-09-25 Thread Dmt11home
Dear Angharad, Thank you for your reply. Out of curiosity, how was the fiber analysis conducted. Was it necessary to destroy any part of the lace? Was it done entirely with a mircroscope? Was there chemical analysis involved? I am fortunate to be a volunteer in the lace collection of the

Re: [lace] Is Lace Declining? - Can anybody help?

2003-09-30 Thread Dmt11home
As publicity chairman for the IOL convention, I was given the info that we have, if I recall, 1628 members. Recently Gunnel Teitel turned over to me a hoard of clippings from all over the country about lace over the last 25 years. Many of them were reports of IOL Conventions. It was quite

Re: [lace] Chats on Old Lace Needlework

2003-09-30 Thread Dmt11home
Have you checked out www.Bookfinder.com? I bought my copy a little while ago, but it has water damage, as well as other issues. As I recall I opted for the cheapest one, and there were others at various levels of intactness/decrepitude with an appropriate sliding price scale. If you are

[lace] bookfinder/rejection of AOL addresses

2003-10-01 Thread Dmt11home
After Devon reminded me that there are other ways to buy used books than on ebay (thanks, Devon ;-) I found a copy of 'Chats on Old Lace and Needlework' here in Canada that was only $25 US (the ebay auction ended at $57 US!) so I bought it. I think the ebay bidding often stops right at

Re: [lace] numbers

2003-10-01 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 10/01/2003 5:45:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Considering that the population of Germany is less than the U.S. and the IOLI has 1600-1700 members, that means that the percentage of lacemakers in the population I think the fact that the number of

[lace] Battle of Britain in New York

2003-10-17 Thread Dmt11home
On October 24, at 2:00 Sheila Mason, author of Nottingham Lace 1760-1950, owner of the Cluny Lace Co. of Nottingham, and custodian of the Mason collection of machine-made lace will be coming to the Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a viewing of about 10 pieces of

[lace] lace in Bennington,VT

2003-10-18 Thread Dmt11home
I was in Bennington, VT last weekend and stopped in at the Grandma Moses Museum. In addition to the Grandma Moses things the museum has a hodge podge of old curiosities on the second floor. Imagine my surprise to see an entire case full of lace related things. There was a pillow, a lacemaker's

[lace] Barbara Uttman

2003-11-03 Thread Dmt11home
The first edition of Palliser in 1865 says that Barbara Uttman had the honor of introducing Bobbin Lace to Germany, not that she invented it. Devon In unseasonably hot New Jersey - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help,

[lace] dissertation/patting ourselves on the back :-)

2003-11-04 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 11/04/2003 1:28:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We are encouraged, by our culture, to pat ourselves on the back for even the tiniest achievement -- and we *do*. We're used to being dominant (and act accordingly) Frankly Tamara, although I

[lace] Doyle New York Textile Auction

2003-12-05 Thread Dmt11home
Since we are snowed in here, I have been amusing myself looking at the catalogue for the upcoming Doyle auction which occurs on Dec. 10 and wondering whether it is worth trying to go. The site is http://www.doylenewyork.com. Lot 982 is a tablecloth which is predicted to go for between $4000

[lace] Smithsonian/new phone number

2003-12-06 Thread Dmt11home
Karen Thompson has asked me to inform arachne that the phone number to call for the Smithsonian Lace Tour has changed. It is now: 202-633-3826. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] lace of hair

2003-12-07 Thread Dmt11home
Interestingly, we have a piece of lace in the Met's collection which is supposedly made of human hair. It has been catalogued as something , maybe point tresse. I have only seen the catalogue card, not the piece. It is a piece of needlelace. I think it is entirely white, although I recall

Re: [lace] Famous lacemakers

2003-12-13 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/13/2003 7:10:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think there are any lacemakers who are really famous. The only lacemakers I can think of that are famous are famous for things other than lacemaking, for instance, Catherine of Aragon or Mary,

[lace] Venice lace museum

2003-12-16 Thread Dmt11home
Although I have visited the lace museum on Burano, I thought I had heard that a new lace museum had opened in Venice. A friend from the museum is going to Venice and said she would check it out if I could give her some more details about how to find it. Can anyone tell me more about it? Devon

[lace] Battle of Britain Lace Panel/value of machine made lace

2003-12-31 Thread Dmt11home
When Sheila and John Mason visited the Ratti with the panel Mr. Mason mentioned that Sheila was to appear on Flog It. Mr. Mason's family has been machine lace manufacturers in Nottingham for about 8 generations and he has a wealth of information which he very kindly shared with us about machine

Re: [lace] Battle of Britain Lace Panel/value of machine made lace

2003-12-31 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/31/2003 4:41:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be difficult to find anyone who would insure such an item unless solid information could be produced regarding sales of similar items. And even if someone could produce a receipt for the purchase

[lace] aesthetic criteria for judging machine made lace

2004-01-01 Thread Dmt11home
I guess that an aesthetic criteria for judging machine made lace is still emerging as well. The Battle of Britain panel is certainly the gold standard for machine made lace. What makes it special? I like it because I think it is very interesting visually. Along each side are great landmarks of

Re: [lace] Valuing machine-made lace (very long)

2004-01-01 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 1/1/2004 8:57:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, perhaps, the George Washington panel is something that had been made along the same lines? Special, but curtains nevertheless? I am not going to pretend that I understood what Mr. Mason was saying when he

[lace] Bowes Museum

2004-01-03 Thread Dmt11home
I also went to the web-site and searched lace in collections and got 69 hits. If in fact everything is on the website (not the case at the Met.) it is not a very impressive collection. My own personal collection is better and I am not a collector who spends that much money on it. I am not sure

Re: [lace] Re: 6,000 lacemakers in Vologda!

2004-01-07 Thread Dmt11home
Thank you Tamara for the insiders view of collectivization. Very interesting. I had sort of thought that the Vologda Lace Organization was not just an excuse to drink tea and eat cookies like some lace organizations, but was more production oriented. I suppose unlike our organizations where the

[lace] Re: [lace-chat] Historical Web Page

2004-01-12 Thread Dmt11home
The author of this web-site made a visit to the Met last summer. I had arranged a viewing of laces of the era for her and we also went running at top speed through all the American oil paintings that dealt with the era while she sketched and commented. However, if the last updated date June

[lace] Historical Web Page

2004-01-12 Thread Dmt11home
Sorry. I posted a response to a message on lace-chat to lace. Actually, I think the subject matter is legitimately lace, rather than lace-chat. So if anyone is wondering which historical web-site I was referring to, it is: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/sfelshin/revwar/lace/lace.html which a

[lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-01-13 Thread Dmt11home
As a glutton for recognition, I find that little kudos such as Janice's and Tamara's drive me on to perform even more services for the IOLI Bulletin. No doubt such recognition is also fueling others to exert themselves to make it a better Bulletin. However, another way the Bulletin could be

Re: [lace] Re: Question about Convention

2004-01-16 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 1/16/2004 10:53:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Apparently the IOLI Convention Committee is in an advisory capacity only, and only if asked. I will propose a Bylaw change the next time I go to IOLI Convention, you can be sure! We need Convention and

[lace] IOL Convention-enslaving the young

2004-01-18 Thread Dmt11home
I have been thinking some more about this year's format of the convention which is clearly designed to make lace instruction available to people who work and may not want to expend an entire week of vacation on it. It is entirely possible that this will be successful and that there might be a

[lace] Enslaving the young

2004-01-18 Thread Dmt11home
Jeri wrote: A carefully-considered plan will help. How about this one? Year one. Target young person at convention. Laugh at her jokes. Ask about her children. Provide advice about how to obtain lace supplies. Ask young person to write up convention report for local newsletter. Praise her for

Re: [lace] Convention planning-interesting

2004-01-18 Thread Dmt11home
I am sorry that Ruth was deterred by the paper work involved in the current convention because I would like to meet her. But now, I am even more eager to see how this convention turns out. As workshop chairman of a local group for many years I had ample opportunity to observe how a gifted and

[lace] IOL Convention-more things to like

2004-01-19 Thread Dmt11home
I have returned to the web page of the Keystone Lace Guild (having not yet received my bulletin) and have found a few more things that I think might be interesting. 1. There are a lot of teachers from outside the US. Personally, I like the convention to feature teachers you don't see all the

Re: [lace] all day class versus half-day

2004-01-22 Thread Dmt11home
I am very interested to hear about how things are done in other countries. I also prefer all day classes because you don't have to spend so much of the class packing and unpacking equipment. I very much like the 24 hour classes at the convention because when you reach the more difficult laces

Re: [lace] miracourt lace?/Janet Gillies?

2004-01-26 Thread Dmt11home
Janet Gillies wrote a little article about this for the publication of the New England Lace Guild, but I don't know if Janet is still a member. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lace] expensive bobbin

2004-01-27 Thread Dmt11home
I like the way the seller assumes from the presence of the coin on which the back has been smoothed down and engraved L Battery, R.H.A. Nery, Sept. 1, 1914. Battery implies that the bobbin was given by a survivor of the battle to his sweetheart. This is what separates the successful antique

Re: [lace] Val. Mus.Coll/lace collecting

2004-01-28 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 1/28/2004 11:08:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: there is something that comes along in terms of leadership or funding that makes it difficult or impossible for the public to have access to the wonders wrought by the people who came before us (mostly

[lace] Cone Collection/Kiki Smith/Valentine

2004-01-28 Thread Dmt11home
The Cone Sisters, donors to the Baltimore Museum, are a case in point about how people who collect and people who are museum donors impact museums. The other lesson to be learned is that when people who distinguish themselves as art collectors collect lace, lace gets taken seriously. A little

Re: [lace] Lace collecting

2004-01-28 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 1/28/2004 3:09:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My plans are solidifying. I learned there was more interest in such a facility coming from Arachnes overseas, than from within the U.S. Very sad. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace] Communism good for lace?

2004-01-31 Thread Dmt11home
Since an earlier discussion involving the 6000 members of the Vologda Lace Union, I have been wondering more and more about the development of lace and especially modern lace in the Eastern Block countries. I have an exhibit catalog La dentelle tcheque de l'Art Deco a nos jours dating from an

[lace] photography

2004-01-31 Thread Dmt11home
I was attempting to photograph some lace with my new digital camera specifically bought for lace photography- can get within 1.3 inch. My problem was that my shadow keeps marring the picture as I bend over the lace. How do others deal with this? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Re: Communism good for lace?

2004-01-31 Thread Dmt11home
Dear Susan, Vis a vis your contention that the political system had no effect on lace development in the Eastern Block: Will you deny that capitalism killed lace? Why then should it seem a unlikely that an atmosphere in which market forces are rejected and rendered null and void would be the

Re: [lace] filet lace/the professor

2004-02-09 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 2/9/2004 7:33:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He took special pains to get all this work done for us despite the fact that he is absolutely swamped with piles of other things to attend to. We are so lucky to have him and his expertise! Yes, we are.

[lace] me on TV?

2004-02-12 Thread Dmt11home
There is a new quilt show that will be airing on PBS starting in June called M'Liss's Worldof Quilts. The crew and star came to the Ratti Textile yesterday to film it as a place of interest to quilters. Our boss asked me and Gunnel to come in and examine some lace under the video microscope in

[lace] What is Binche?

2004-02-15 Thread Dmt11home
The more I think about and read about Binche, the less I think I know what it is. Only one thing seems to be clear: it wasn't made in Binche. Some people seem to think it was made in Valenciennes. Bertha Van Doren (Lace Magazine) seemed to think it was made in Antwerp. As a rule of thumb, I

Re: [lace] Binche

2004-02-15 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 2/15/2004 2:12:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Antwerp was the source of Pottenkant, a straight lace with long symmetrical repeats which featured a pot of flowers as the design. Aside from the design style the grounds of Pottenkant were much the same

[lace] Fwd: WHITAKER VINTAGE AUCTION 3-24 3-25

2004-02-24 Thread Dmt11home
Since there has been little mail on arachne of late, perhaps bored people would like to visit this site and enjoy the thumbnails. The e-mail is from Karen Augusta who is a well known US lace dealer. She writes the descriptions for the auction. Devon Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from

Re: [lace] The Depiction of Lace-makers in 17th century Holland

2004-02-28 Thread Dmt11home
I haven't read it, but I think the novel by Jean Montupet called the Lacemaker is one of the few to actually deal with the lives of lacemakers. However, I believe they are French Needlelacers of the 18th century. Since the person asked for a depiction does she mean a book or a picture? At the

[lace] 17th cent. depictions of lacemakers in Metropolitan Mus.

2004-02-29 Thread Dmt11home
I have added the Keil lacemaker to My Met Gallery. This is a collection of paintings that I have set up on the Met website for the lace inclined. You go to www.metmuseum.org. You click to enter. Click on My Met Museum. Enter the name lace followed by the password lover. Then click on My Met

Re: [lace] The Depiction of Lace-makers in 17th century Holland

2004-03-01 Thread Dmt11home
Of course, there is the large number of paintings on Lori Howe's lace fairy site of lacemakers, some of whom are 17th century. This site is www.lacefairy.com, click on lacemaking, go to the column on the right hand side, down at the bottom under graphics and right under that click on

Re: [lace] Book wanted

2004-03-10 Thread Dmt11home
Toomer's Antique Lace: Identifying Tips and Techniques is one you could probably order from your local bookstore. It is published by Schiffer books in Atglen, PA. They have a website you can order it from www.schifferbooks.com. Go to

[lace] IOL Bulletin

2004-04-06 Thread Dmt11home
My bulletin arrived yesterday to my great surprise because mine was about a month late along with those of other people in New Jersey last time. Since then, your hard-working editor Debra Jenny has had a heart-to-heart talk with representatives at every level of the post office from the big

Re: [lace] Re: Suriname/lacemaking in a hot climate

2004-04-06 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 4/6/2004 1:43:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is a country with a tropical climate and hardly any places that are air conditioned, so I guess it is much too warm for lacemaking! A woman who learned to make lace in Cuba in the 1960's told me that

[lace] lace on exhibit in Belgium Netherlands

2004-04-30 Thread Dmt11home
If anyone is traveling to Belgium and the Netherlands as I have just done, I will provide the following up to date info. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is only partially open and this will be the case for some years. There is no lace to be seen there. In Brugge, Arendshuis which is actually the

[lace] Painting of lacemakers at Met

2004-06-05 Thread Dmt11home
Imagine my surprise when I entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw a painting of some lacemakers reproduced on a stancheon in the front hall. . To see this promo picture, which unfortunately is only part of the painting go to

[lace] metallic laces in candlelight at the Met.

2004-06-05 Thread Dmt11home
Currently there is an exciting costume exhibit at the Met in which mannequins in 18th century attire are set up in salacious poses in the period rooms of the Wrightsman Galleries. The emphasis is on seeing the costumes and the furniture together. However an opera designer assisted with it and

Re: [lace] Painting of lacemakers at Met/Public relations

2004-06-06 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 6/5/2004 5:14:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In an early period in Europe (in the case of the painting at the Met - 1720 in Milan), when printed books were expensive and rare and possibly not very available to women, it was probably a real treat to

[lace] Masters Thesis on American Lacemaking

2004-06-19 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 6/18/2004 10:16:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First, I got Michelle Chase's Master Thesis on American (as in: US) Lacemaking; thanks, Michelle (sorry, I didn't have your e-address in my addressbook, so couldn't send a private message). Michelle has

[lace] MIchelle Chase Masters Thesis on American Lacemaking

2004-06-20 Thread Dmt11home
The only mention I have heard of this Masters Thesis is from the Tamara Duvall e-mail in which she was just leaving for Prague. Perhaps when she gets back Tamara could tell us how she obtained the Masters Thesis. Perhaps Michelle Chase is on the list and could tell us how to obtain it.

[lace] wedding apron/lace boder/Prague

2004-06-22 Thread Dmt11home
There is a beautiful border which is described as being for a wedding apron in the museum. It is thought to be Flemish dating from the 17th century. I have been searching for a portrait of a woman wearing a lace or lace trimmed apron from that era. I have found several aprons on children, but

[lace] zig-zag braid/ wedding apron

2004-06-23 Thread Dmt11home
An arachnid has been kind enough to send me some pictures of Czech lace. One of them, does in fact have the kind of background that I was describing. It resembles Valenciennes ground, but it is only made with two pairs, zig-zagging back and forth and sewing in. My corresondent says, however,

Re: [lace] Re: wedding apron/lace boder/Prague - Answers

2004-06-23 Thread Dmt11home
Wow! Good spotting Jeri. It is embarrassing to be directed to photos in books I actually own, but haven't sufficiently studied! The reference to the Queen Elizabeth portrait at Gripsholm was because an article in a 1934 Met Bulletin said there was a portrait of Elizabeth there and that she was

[lace] Flemish or Italian Tape Lace?

2004-06-26 Thread Dmt11home
Vis a vis the difficulty of distinguishing between Flemish and Italian tape lace, Nora Andries had a very interesting comment. She said that she looks at the stiches in the tapes and the fillings. (I am going to restate what I remember here, but my memory is often faulty.) She looks to see if

Re: [lace] large or small lace pieces

2004-06-30 Thread Dmt11home
This is an interesting question. I am assuming that we are not talking about machine made lace that one might like to use on clothing. I cringe at the thought of cutting up large pieces of handmade lace which will result in very few such lengths being available to future generations. On the

[lace] valuation of lace/large or small pieces

2004-06-30 Thread Dmt11home
It seems odd, but many things go into valuation including the ease with which a dealer can store and carry the item to shows and the ease with which it can be displayed by the buyer. You often hear that machine made lace is not valuable because it is mass produced, but Beanie Babies are mass

[lace] lace framing/conservation question

2004-07-10 Thread Dmt11home
I have received a question from a woman in New York regarding advice given about framing her lace. She has a piece of lace that belonged to and may even have been made by her grandmother. When she visited Brugge she received the following advice. The folks in Brugge recommended that once the

[lace] laces used by judges

2004-07-12 Thread Dmt11home
Judicial attire in the US is very boring possibly reflecting our anti-aristocratical dogma and a perception that lace is soft and pretty and weak and that it ill-suits people who have the power and authority to sentence others to death or a life-time in jail. However, I have noted that Judge

Re: [lace] Lacemakers' pets/Ratti Lace Fund

2004-07-12 Thread Dmt11home
I am proud of any contribution that I have made in clarifying the role of the French Bull Dog in the history of lace. Priceless moments such as the bringing together of Sheila and John Mason, 7th generation machine lace manufacturers from Nottingham, and Susan Lambiris, of Raleigh to discuss

Re: [lace] laces used by judges

2004-07-13 Thread Dmt11home
Nine jabots is an awful lot of jabots. Maybe we could limit the honor to female Supreme Court Judges. This would keep it to a much more manageable number, she said cynically. I can see it now: The International Old Lacers salutes the Judicial System in a ribbon across the special commemorative

[lace] Judicial weakness for jabots

2004-07-13 Thread Dmt11home
If you will go to the following link you will see a picture of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbug wearing a jabot. It is not a lace jabot. However, Ginsburg may represent the thin edge of the wedge in Aurelia's plan to subvert the US judiciary to lace purposes.

[lace] Judge Judy not alone!

2004-07-13 Thread Dmt11home
A Supreme Court portrait contained at http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0203/June16_03/02_portrait.shtml shows both female justices in jabots. Eureka! Have you worked out the design yet Aurelia? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Judge Judy not alone!

2004-07-13 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 7/13/2004 7:09:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sandra Day O'Connor looks as if she might just have something lacy round her throat Be still my beating heart! Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

[lace] The IOLI Salutes the Judicial System

2004-07-14 Thread Dmt11home
In addition to Ipswich, Native Americans were making lace, the Sybil Carter lace. However, when it did not feature canoes and things, it was virtuallly indistinguishable from Belgian Lace. We also had various lace making endeavors such as the Italian Lace School here in New York which used

[lace] jabots/IOLI salutes the Judicial System

2004-07-14 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 7/14/2004 10:42:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The first thing that came to mind was stars and strips or variations of same. Chevrons, stars. I looked and there is a Swedish pattern that has some very acceptable eagles.a suitable shield

[lace] Judge Judy not alone/Salute to the Judicial System

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 7/15/2004 2:40:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who would present the lace? I think a delegation. The delegation should include whoever is president of the IOLI at that time (could be years from now since the project is so time consuming) or her deputy,

[lace] Legal attire

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
Thank you Karen for this interesting site regarding legal attire. It not only tells the history of legal attire, something that will be needed for the accompanying documentation that Aurelia refers to, but is a company that sells legal attire. It seems clear to me that it would be advantageous

[lace] IOLI Salute to the Judiciary

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
Fellow Spiders, Let me draw your attention to the web-site of the Supreme Court Historical Society http://www.supremecourthistory.org/index.html Perhaps a source of info? Perhaps a co-sponsor? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

Re: [lace] jabots

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 7/15/2004 5:37:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why the President of the IOLI? Isn't this an Arachne idea after all? Of course, if she is on Arachne at the time of the presentation it would be appropriate. Well, I guess it depends on who is clever

[lace] Salute to the Judicial System

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
Interestingly, there is an American robe company which features several judicial collars, but all seem to be for women. They have a rather simple construction. You may click to see photos of them. I like the lacier ones.

Re: [lace] Legal attire

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
Dear Aurelia, I was not suggesting that we copy an existing jabot. It is simply the case that some people have expressed concern about the jabot fitting the neck size and such. Perhaps there are adjustable tabs on the back. My thought was to buy an inferior jabot as a starting point in the

[lace] Jesurum's grave

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
I have been doing a little googling of Jesurum and came up with this interesting description of his tombstone. portraits of the dead in low or full relief, in photographs and sometimes in mosaics like in the sepulcher of the Jesurum, decorated by lace carved in stone, celebrating what

[lace] Jesurum's grave-disregard previous

2004-07-15 Thread Dmt11home
I apologize for messing up the previous message, what I meant to say was: Here is a description I found of Jesurum's grave while googling him. ...portraits of the dead in low or full relief, in photographs and sometimes in mosaics like in the sepulcher of the Jesurum, decorated by lace carved

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