From Eunice Sein's magazine 'Lace and Crafts' (summer 1991) it says that 'Sarah Hadley won first prize for her Royal Battenberg lace tablecloth at the Chicago World Fair in 1893. Sarah is said to have named her version of a tape lace to commemmorate the wedding of Princess Beatrice of England to Prince Henry of Battenberg.' It is not clear in this article whether it was called Battenberg before this time. Maybe her sister invented it but Sarah made it popular and gave it a name by winning the first prize.
Janis Savage in South Africa where autumn is definitely here now. On 4/11/2016 4:43 PM, jvik...@sover.net wrote: > HI Karen and All, I was so excited to see Sara Hadley's name that I > didn't absorb your question. I don't remember much about her patterns for > bobbin lace. She did branch out in 1903 when her magazine started. I > know I've seen an ad for her shop that mentions classes in many types of > lace, I'll see if I can find that and let you know what it says. > > She may also have mentioned bobbin lace in her Ladies' Home Journal > columns. I'll look though my copies and notes. I think the Home > Needlework articles were all about Battenberg lace but I'm not positive. > I can't remember if she was in Corticelli's Home Needlework or not. > > Here is the big scoop!! I got a copy of Art of Modern Lace-Making from > Amazon and it is the 1891 edition. In The Story of Battenberg Lace by EA > Eaton and EL Denton 1970 the authors mention uncertainty about who > invented Battenberg Lace. Sara does take credit for creating Battenberg > Lace in her writings but here is what is in the 1891 edition says - I find > it a little hard to figure out what the author is trying to say <G>. > > "Strictly modern lace-making is a result of American ingenuity, and it has > so simple a basis and is so easy to learn that any woman of average skill > may, with little difficulty, produce by its different processes, laces > that are really magnificent and quite as substantial and useful as they > are exquisitely beautiful. In America modern lace-making has been > developed to a high degree of perfection by its pioneer, Mrs. Grace B. > McCormick in whose designing rooms at No. 923 Broadway, New York, may be > seen specimens of modern laces of every variety, from dainty needle-point > to a very elaborate kind known as the Royal Battenburg (sic). This > English name for an American production was selected in honor of the > Battenburg (sic) nuptials, which occurred about the time a patent for > making the lace was applied for at Washington. Only a few years have > elapsed since this plucky little woman made a single piece of lace edging > from common braid as an experiment, and sold it for a trifling sum. Love > for the work and perseverance have enabled her to overcome obstacles that > would have discouraged a woman of ordinary energy, and she has gradually > improved upon her earlier methods until modern lace occupies a front rank > among the numerous dainty forms of needle-work of the day." > > Actually I see that Grace is credited with Modern (tape) Lace not just > B'berg. I have to check my notes but I'm almost positive Grace McCormick > is Sara's sister's married name (she also had a Sara Hadley shop in > Portland, OR!). Also I'm not sure what a pioneer is - creator or > perfector? There were articles on Featheredge Braid laces in earlier > magazines and fagoting has been around a very, very long time. > > So those are my secret tidbits. I don't see a reason to keep them secret. > Our lace history is for all of us!! > > Jane in Vermont, USA where lawns are greening up but the leaves are still > waiting to show themselves. > jvik...@sover.net > > > > >> Does anyone know when Sara Hadley published her bobbin lace patterns? I > have spent a good many hours trying to find information with no luck. At > the Smithsonian American History Museum we have some of her patterns. I > am >> guessing from the early 1900's as they are very similar to the ones > copyrighted by the Torchon Lace Co (Princess Lace Loom or Machine), and > in >> fact were donated with a Princess lace pillow, patterns and books. I > have >> found when she lived (1860-1927). She had a lace shop in New York in the > early 1900's and published books through Butterick, where she was an > editor, and in Ladies' magazines. She claimed to have invented > Battenberg >> lace, which she called "Modern Lace". In 1901 she writes in "Modern Lace > Making": â?oPillow lace, while exceedingly dainty and pretty, is not > adaptable to the workers of todayâ?�, so I am guessing her bobbin lace > patterns are later. She mostly published on tape lace (Modern Lace > Making >> or Battenburg), but also on crochet, hardanger, filet and Romanian Point > (cut work) among other laces. >> Thank you >> â?<-â?< >> Karen >> â?<in chilly but sunny Washington, DCâ?< >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachne.modera...@gmail.com. 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