Thank you, Bev, for the tinyurl. Many of us would like a smaller version of our very own! When the first of our Arachnes visits the new Kensington Palace exhibits, please report back to us on the condition of the lace and costumes in the Queen Victoria exhibition. Much more expertise, space and expense was given to Princess Diana the last time I went - in fact, the Princess's clothing was presented in a huge gallery. The Queen Victoria exhibit was given a space about twice the size of my bedroom. Hers were very crowded exhibits and very crowded by people viewing it (almost airless) -- even men were saying that they could not believe a Queen would wear something so plain for a wedding! You see, the curators vulgarized the wedding ensemble - the veil shown was no more that a piece of stiff machine-made modern net, with the piece on her head looking like those scrunched things you scrub pots with! The lace flounce had been removed from the skirt (fragile condition understood, but it raised a lot of questions from me - I had seen the whole intact years before). Signage is so important in an exhibit like this. The same glass enclosure was crowded with several other mannequins - her clothing, but the wedding deserved more respect.. Over-all, it was hardly appropriate for a woman who was a Queen and Empress. How many other women have had an era or age named after them? Elizabeth I, yes. And....? There is a lot of correspondence in our archives on the subject of Queen Victoria's lace. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 3/26/2012 1:59:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, walker.b...@gmail.com writes:
Hello Pat and everyone There were quite a few links and I had to try several to find what you meant by the dramatic photograph, assuming the one of Luminous Lace? I found it here and I'm sure there are other sites with it also: *http://tinyurl.com/luminous-lace* - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
