Dear spiders, I was thinking of posting the same request. I have a strong possibility of leaving for Belgium in a couple of weeks and would be very grateful for people's recommendations of where to see lace, especially 18thC Valenciennes/Binche/Flanders lace, including anyone with a private collection of same willing to have a visitor. I'll have a car and about a week to see lace. Feel free to reply privately, but I know I've always been interested in what others post about where interesting collections are so it might be nice to post about museums to the list as Tess suggests. I will compile the leads I have found already, but I have no recommendations except Chris Parson's recent ones about shops in Bruges and an old one, confirmed again recently by Alice in Oregon, that the Antwerp lace museum at Saint-Carolus-Borremus church is well worth seeing. (http://www.antwerp-tourist-guide.com/Churches.html) If people are interested, I will post my compiled list to Arachne. Thank you for any further leads! Nancy Connecticut, USA
>________________________________ > From: Tess Parrish <tess1...@aol.com> >To: Arachne to post <lace@arachne.com> > ... It might be nice to post on Arachne as well in case there are others who are looking for the same information. ... > >Here is what she wrote me: >> I will be in Belgium for a few days in September (from about 22-27) and have not been there for decades. Any suggestions of museums to visit, and especially people to meet with? > - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
