[lace] Battenberg/Mountbatten
There is no reason why they can't both have been Lord Battenberg. the grandfather was Lord Battenberg, then when he died, his eldest son became Lord Battenberg, so Prince Philip must have been the son of the younger son, and his father did not get the title. Simple. The name was changed during the First World War to avoid any German "taint" attaching to the Royal Family of Gb, never mind that the German royal family were descendants of Queen Victoria!! Politics!! helene, the froggy from Melbourne >I do remember him and when he died, and had the same thought, but the book implies that the reference was to Lord Mountbatten's father Butit is your history and who ever said that books are infallible ;-D)Goodness knows that I have a hard enough time with our own history. (VBG)Atleast Battenberg lace was probably post Civil War, in this country. Happy Lacing BarbE - Original Message - From: Jean Barrett To: Barb ETx Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Battenberg Lace Hi BarbE, Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Phillips Uncle, not Grandfather. Jean in Cleveland U.K. On 20 Sep 2004, at 17:23, Barb ETx wrote: > Yup! > The first title 'Princess of Battenberg' was created in 1858. > Victoria's granddaughter married into the Battenberg family. Also the > present Prince Phillip's grand father was Earl of Mountbatten (same > name > ...anglicized). I think I have it in near proper order. anyway, > really > too late for the Civil War. > BarbE Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Battenbery type lace
Santina Levey shows 4 samples of tape lace (three with needle stitches between the tapes to hold it together) all dating from the period 1625-1650. See her plate #131. This is just about the time you begin to see bobbin made tape laces, such as early Milanese. Levey seems to think that tape laces made with a straight tape, folded and gathered, with needlelace stitches preceded bobbin made tape laces such as Milanese and Flemish tape laces. So, Battenberg type laces existed very early, but they weren't called Battenberg, of course. It is my impression that the late nineteenth century popularity of Battenberg brought it back out of retirement, in the effort to find a form of lace that amateurs could make without spending the huge amount of time necessary for true needlelace. Also, not all Battenberg type lace needs to look "amateurish". I have seen a spectacular example at the Art Institute of Chicago, but I can't remember anything about its date or geographical origin. I suppose the way to determine when the Battenberg craze hit the U.S. would be to look at old ladies' magazines, going backward in time issue by issue for the period 1900-1850. You'd have to make sure you located all the popular magazines in libraries and archives. Doing history is always a matter of lots of very careful, painstaking, but boring, searching for stuff. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] tape looms
In regard to tape laces of c. 1640, none of those tapes would have been machine made. Even straight tapes and shoe laces would have been hand loomed or made with bobbins. What kind of loom, I don't know. Machine woven cloth (or tapes) did not exist until the late 1700s. I've seen the kind of tapes Devon is talking about. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Christine Sprinett's 'Designing and Mounting Lace Fans'
In view of the silly price that the 15 page booklet 'Designing and Mounting Lace Fans' fetched recently on bay (over $28 or GBP15.00) I emailed Christine Springett to ask if she had any plans to republish. She said that she's been thinking about it for some time, but is unlikely to do anything about it this side of Christmas because of other projects. It's likely to be a while before it's available if she gets around to it, but if she does she's planning a bigger and better edition with alternative suggestions for mounting. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Brok 100/3
Rumor has it that Brok is going out of business and will not be making their 100/3 or any other thread. Tom - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] attn. Canadian lacemakers
Hi everyone and especially Canadian lacemakers For those who subscribe to the Canadian Lacemaker Gazette, the Fall issue has been mailed and you should have your copy now. Those who haven't yet discovered our chatty lace mag., check out the Fall contents at our web site. We welcome (*we _need_ *) new subscribers! Lacemakers anywhere else in the world are welcome too ;) info here: www.lacegazette.com (yes, we hadn't updated it in a while, now we have...basically I'm the webmaster, and basic, the website is). cheers Bev Bev Walker, editor (Canadian Lacemaker Gazette) www.lacegazette.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Darla horse
Hi All, You can now see the lace I was referring to in my emails about the Swedish wooden horse. It is on my web shots page. I designed the rocking horse to use up scraps of thread left on my bobbins. After my last Beds workshop with Yvonne Scheele-Kirkhof (great), I made 3 of the horses. I now have 6 rocking horses framed and ready for sale this weekend at the local craft fair and one Darla horse, busy working on another. http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
