Hello everyone Something very nice happened. Last week I was approached by a friend of mine who makes historical costumes. She is hired by the army museum in Delft, The Netherlands, to make a historical correct costume for Prins Maurits in the period 1595-1610. In that time he was the military leader of The Netherlands (more or less. We were at war and the borders were very different from today). To make this costume realy historical correct, my friend needs some historical correct lace. And she asked me to make it. For money! Not much, arround minimum wage, but I'm not complaining. Now I need a pattern. So my question to you is, who has, or knows of, a nice simple pattern that is correct for the period 1595-1610. I need about 0,5 meters of 1,5 cm wide. The portret on which the costume will be based shows a dainty little braided lace. But it is not clear enough to see precicely what the lace looks like. It seems to be little points, something like 9 pin edge. Is that correct for the time? It doesn't have to be dutch lace. Although we were at war with half of europe at one time or another around 1600, there was enough trade going on as well in the more peacefull years in between. I hope someone can help me soon. The lace has to be attached to the costume before the end of the month. In March there is a special exhibition about Prins Maurits where this costume will be shown. After that it will become part of the permenant exhibition for about 5 years.
greetings from Nelleke in Leiden, The Netherlands, where after 3 days of snow and winter, springs seems to be early. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
