Susan, A couple of years ago I was asked to write a section about identifying hand-made lace in a booklet that was used for a series of workshops for textile curators organized by Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS) in partnership with the V&A. As the aim was to help non-specialists to identify hand-made lace I tried to give an overview of how lace styles changed over time rather than include lots of photos which could have been rather intimidating.
The booklet is available online at http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Identifying-Handmade-lace.pdf and also includes useful information about conservation, display and storage of lace. Jean in dry but grey Glasgow - 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/
