Lace exhibited in the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, May 10 to October 6, 2013. Not yet mentioned on Arachne is the new exhibit at the Queen's Gallery in London. It contains lace portraits belonging to the Royal Collection, and laces/costumes/related-to-the-paintings objects which have mostly been borrowed from other esteemed collections to enhance the museum experience. Read about this at: http://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/2203 The pictured man's lace cloak band (collar), about 1635, was borrowed from Barnard Castle, The Bowes Museum, Blackborne Collection. If you have the book "Fine & Fashionable - Lace from the Blackborne Collection" by Santina Levey and Joanna Hashagen, published in 2006, you can see this lace at the front of their book. The London exhibit's book says the surviving cloak band's area which would be concealed by the wearer's hair is of plain woven linen, avoiding the expensive lace being exposed to grease. Interesting. Van Dyck gives the impression of band collars completely constructed of lace. This collar most resembles the image of Charles I on the left. This is a very well-known painting. It never really registered with me that the three lace bands (collars) were different, and the clothing was of different colors - black, crimson, and purple. The King is wearing his Garter ribbon, which is also on display in the exhibition. Notice the pear-shaped pearl earring in his left ear! Recycled from Queen Elizabeth I's pearl collection? (He was the second King after Elizabeth I.) This is just one of the 3-dimensional displays in the exhibit of over 60 paintings. We have at least one member of Arachne in London, and hopefully we will hear more about the exhibit from him and others with lace knowledge. A book by the curator is available. A review is being prepared, and will be posted on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center. There is a 300-page book that accompanies the exhibit, for those scholars, historians, and costumers on Arachne. My copy was obtained quite easily from a local book dealer. I will be reviewing the book as a separate memo to Arachne.
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