In a message dated 9/27/2003 1:28:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There was an article about this lace in OIDFA within the last year or two. > The author could find very few examples of it, partially because some had > burned in the Windsor Castle fire. I looked it up in our catalogue in the Met and > found a number of pieces that had been there since the early 1900's and > wanted to write to the author, but didn't have the address of the author. So not > wishing to conduct an entire line of research to find the author, let it > drop. I am a member of OIDFA, but I don't think I ever get a directory. Lacemakers, irrespective of their nationality, become members of OIDFA by paying a fee in the country in which they reside. Some countries provide a listing of the members in their country but most don't. The US, in fact, has done so in the past. The only complete listing of names and addresses is held by the organisation's General Treasurer. It is she who provides the information needed to the printer who sends out the Bulletin that is received by all members. The editor of the bulletin might have been able to forward information about the lace at the Met if Devon had sent it to her, but that would probably have been a '"long shot". Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel. (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
