According to Florence Mays works on Hispanic Lacemaking there has been lacemaking in Mexico. There are several entries in the index, but I don't have time to go through them at the moment. I looked this up once in reference to a piece of metallic lace which we have in the collection at the Metropolitan Museum which our card says was may have been made in Mexico. (I suspect if you want to see Mexican lace, you are probably better off booking a ticket to New York and having a viewing of the Met's holdings than running around Mexico, but I am assuming seeing lace is not the primary reason for the trip.) The continuing mystery of the metallic lace dating from the 16th or the 17th century has only been deepened by the current exhibition of The Colonial Andes: Tapestry and Silverwork, 1520-1850. In this exhibit we learn that the natives under Spanish Colonial rule made exquisite and very fine (in terms of thread guage as well as workmanship) tapestries and that there was a tremendous amount of metal being mined and processed in this part of the world. Also, there are many oil paintings depicting members of the native aristrocracy and religious ceremonies and religious figures. They are wearing a lot of lace in these paintings. Is it all from the Old World..... Why don't you try dipping into some antique shops and seeing what you can find? (Then report back to me :-)) Devon
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