I had forgotten the Denman & District Lace Club. It is quite an
accomplishment to be a lace club that survived the Depression and
World War II. In fact, it is probably quite an accomplishment for a
lace group to survive past the deaths of the founding members.


On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Adele Shaak <ash...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Devon:
>
> Depends on what you’re thinking of. The words organization or guild could 
> equally apply to the small lacemaking clubs that dot our landscape, where 
> individual lacemakers may be taught or helped but perhaps not in the direct 
> and systematic way you’re thinking of.
>
> In 2019 The Denman & District Lace Club in British Columbia will be 
> celebrating its 100th year of continued regular meetings. They haven’t 
> stopped for anything. It was the ladies from the D&D who travelled to 
> Vancouver to demonstrate at the Pacific National Exhibition every year, who 
> caught the eye of the women who started the Vancouver Lace Club, which is now 
> over 63 years old. So, D&D isn’t a huge organization, but has had a wider 
> influence.
>
> Adele
> West Vancouver, BC
> (west coast of Canada)
>
>
>
>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Devon Thein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking/writing about the impact of the lace organizations in
>> transmitting lacemaking skills. Several of the artists in the show
>> benefited from learning opportunities offered by guilds.
>>
>> The International Organization of Lace dates its start to 1953. I just
>> looked up The Lace Guild. It seems it was established in 1976.
>>
>> Would it be true to say that the International Organization of Lace,
>> Inc is the oldest continuing lace group?
>>
>> Devon
>

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