Re: [lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow Dear Janice, Lorri and others, Thank you for all the interest. Hopefully this thread will help shed more light on a very important part of American handmade lace history. Janice writes: "One thing I did notice though was that the Smithsonian lace had a left foot

Re: [lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Foot side on the LEFT...Rafael’s book suggests Ipswich workers might have been influenced initially by immigrants from Europe, and continued to use left foot side thereafter. Page 70,”...Lakeman (d.1862)continued to make lace in the way she had learned it as a girl, though women in England were

[lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Dear Janice, Lorri and others, Thank you for all the interest. Hopefully this thread will help shed more light on a very important part of American handmade lace history. Janice writes: "One thing I did notice though was that the Smithsonian lace had a left footside whereas most English lace to

[lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Went back for another look and noticed that the pillow is shown from the back and the lace being worked on the pillow has the footside on the right. The pricking was probably also photographed upside down.Sorry for the confusion.Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

ber 10, 2017 10:57 AM To: Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow When checking out the link to the bolster pillow at the Smithsonian, it reminded me of the Plum Pudding pattern in A Visual Introduction to Buckspoint Lace by Geraldine Stott, which I think was the first lace

[lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

When checking out the link to the bolster pillow at the Smithsonian, it reminded me of the Plum Pudding pattern in A Visual Introduction to Buckspoint Lace by Geraldine Stott, which I think was the first lace book I ever purchased back in 1994. I also think I got the last copy not the stand that

[lace] Smithsonian Ipswich lace pillow

Hi Susan, The white lace on the Smithsonian Ipswich pillow is a simple point ground lace made about 70 years after the Ipswich lace industry. Moreover, as Adele pointed out, the Ipswich lace makers made white linen laces in the late 1700s. We don't have samples, so we don't know what kind it was.