I am not a very learned lace historian, but any who has been making lace for a few(!) years gathers a little of the history along the way. I settled down to watch a production of Shakespeare's 'Richard II' yesterday evening. It was from the Globe theatre, Bankside, London and was being done in more or less Elizabethan costume. I wanted to see it as this was the play we had to study for our exams at school and I wanted to see how much I remembered (not all that much actually) but I found I was being constantly distracted by the costume. They were very good and very decorative, but within the first 2 minutes there was Richard flourishing a lace edged hanky about 8 inches square and the lace had worked corners. Surely it should have been bigger? Then what about that lovely linen collar, edged with Bedfordshire lace? Most of the laces I could not begin to put a name to and I hadn't thought to tape it. Finally was a scene where Richard is shown with his hand in the pockets of his breeches. I had a feeling that pockets were not fitted into clothing until a later date. Help.
Jean in Cleveland U.K.
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