Thanks for the information. I shall see if I can track the books down. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Viking Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "arachne" <lace@arachne.com> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:52 AM Subject: [lace] Collecting lace
> Hi Tiny Dell and All, You didn't say what country you live in but in the US > I find some nice pieces of lace in "Junque" stores. Not antique shops but > places with old stuff, some have different dealers with booths in one large > store. I've gotten some nice pieces from eBay > but you have to be very careful. Ithaca Lace Days and the IOLI Conventions > always have lace dealers in the vendors room and it's wonderful to see what > they have!!!!! > > One of the best things I've done is to make sure everyone I know (and have > ever met) knows that I love lace so I've been given some amazing pieces. > I've always done fiber arts and many years ago a friend gave me a box of > lace she found in the trash behind an antique store. It's only been the > last few years that I've known what I have! > > As has already been mentioned, a good lace ID book is also needed. I > particularly like "Guide to Lace and Linens" by Elizabeth Kurella ISBN > 0-930625-89-7 and "The Identification of Lace" by Pat Earnshaw ISBN > 0-85263-701-2. Santina Levey's book "Lace - A History" is fabulous but > quite expensive, you could try getting it through Interlibrary loan. Being > a book collector I like to have as many as I can because they all have > different things to say about the laces and different pictures. > > I love having bits and pieces of different kinds of lace and they're very > handy if you do a demonstration. You can show people the different kinds > when they say "my aunt used to do that". Now I *try* to focus on the tape > laces like Battenberg though I found a cool piece in Denver that is cut > work - one corner of the pattern is finished and another is started with a > heavy piece of something basted behind it. I love partially done pieces of > lace <G>. I also bought myself a little Point de Gaze butterfly. Since I > took Irma Osterman's class in Ithaca last year I have a new appreciation of > PdG and the Butterfly wasn't too expensive. I also know it will be some > years (if ever) before I make my own PdG butterfly! > > Taking a lace ID class will really open the world up for you too!! I don't > seem to sit down and read the books I have and it's not the same as having a > teacher and many pieces of lace to look at while you're hearing about how > the lace is made and how it differs from other laces and about its history. > Arachne is a good place to learn about different laces too!! I was so happy > with the recent Sprang discussion - the piece from the museum was fabulous!! > But the name always makes me smile for some reason so I love when it > resurfaces <G>. > > Jane in Vermont, USA where the leaves outside my windows are all yellow - > looks like a sunny day even when it's cloudy! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
