Re: [lace] cataloguing at Panhandle-Plains Museum

[Sue Babbs]

If the curator could scan the pieces to the internet (assuming that is a 
safe thing to do with old pieces, and perhaps some knowledgeable person 
could advise on that aspect) would there be anyone on arachne who could help 
her with tentative identification?
sue

separate pieces of lace.  I'd guess that it's a combination of hand made
and machine made lace, but probably very little, if any at all, that
dates earlier than the 19th century.  To my knowledge, we do not have
any group of lace collected by a specific individual.  I would imagine
our Clothing & Textile collection is comparable to those in similar
museum collections.  Perhaps if we had a volunteer cataloguer we would
discover a hidden jewel!  Again, I apologize for my ignorance in this
regard.  Thank you for your assistance.

Susan


Susan G. Denney
Assistant Curator of History
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
WTAMU Box 60967
Canyon, Texas  79015
806-651-2247

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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:13 AM
To: Susan Denney
Subject: Re: lace

In a message dated 3/21/2005 12:16:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   We do have many examples of lace in our Clothing & Textile
collection, but unfortunately they are not well-catalogued and I am
unable to provide much information about them.  We would like to find a
knowledgeable volunteer who would be willing to research and catalog the
various items of handwork in our collection.
In an effort to try to find some cataloguing help for the lace, could
you explain the lace a little more? How much is there? What do you think
it is? For instance, is it primarily clothing items, collars, cuffs,
dress ornaments owned by local ladies dating from the last quarter of
the 19th century? Would it be handmade or machine made? Or do you have
something along the lines of a lace collection such as was quite popular
with wealthy women of the late 19th century in which they actually
collected lace from the 17th and 18th centuries? If there is such a
collection from a donor, who was she?

Sincerely,
Devon M. Thein
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