Debbie wrote This is so kind of you! You don't need to add my name to your raffle, but do tell us more about your trip to the museum!!
As I said in my original email because I was on my way to visit a very sick aunt whose care home is close to the museum, we called in very briefly for me to buy some patterns, but we did have a very brief look. The lace gallery is quite small, but they have a case of honiton lace pieces, a case with fans in lace, some embroidered on silk, an ivory one, and some very old ones with small painted pictures on, which also has a poem on the reverse side. There was a tableau of figures sitting at different shaped pillows, a man, a woman and at least one child, (cant remember if there were two child size figures.) They have drawers which pull out to show more beautiful laces, collars and other pieces and trays of bobbins, so if you have more time than we had you could spend ages having a really detailed look at all of the lace and the bobbins and a few prickings laying in the cases. Last time we visited the museum, we took Mum in her wheel chair and because she and other members of her family had spent time working in the hat trade (Luton is fairly famous for its straw hats and the industry that was a big part of it years ago), we took her up in the service list to see those on another floor. Next time I go to visit the museum, I will need to go and spend much more time just enjoying the lace these brief glimpses are interesting but I would like to see more. My husband took a great interest in the hand sewn samplers dated in the late 1700's and worked by young girls of 9 and 10 and next to those was what was probably a work box with all the sides covered with beaded decoration. In its day it would have been absolutely fabulous and even now is very pretty. For the sewers amongst you there were stump work pictures. I hope that has wetted the appetite of anyone that could call in and view. They have a small shop in the entrance which sell just a few patterns, books, lots of postcards and other things. The rail station is just a short taxi ride away and the museum is situated on the edge of a well kept park, (grass, flower beds and a lake), Luton international airport is also about 4 or 5 miles away. Sue T Dorset, UK Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
