In response to the inquiry about the Bayeux Tapestry, I was reminded that I might not have added that we now know who made the needle lace version of the Bayeux Tapestry at the Smithsonian, and also approximately when. See http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/ or search Bayeux tapestry Smithsonian. Thanks to Michel Bouvot of Caen, who found a catalog from Melville and Ziffer with a piece that is almost identical, minus the lettering, that they exhibited in 1906 in Paris. âLes Grandes collections de dentelles anciennes et modernes'â Exposées au pavillon de Marsan, 1906 â exposition de lâunion centrale des arts décoratifs - Paris. They also stated in another catalog from the early 1900s they had difficulty keeping up with the demand from Americans for this type of lace. Just another interesting tidbit of lace history.
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