Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote:
Of course I have a question for some of you with the knowledge. The pattern I
bought and used was taken from the Lace Dealers handbook (now have I got that
quote right?) and I am going to send her the paperwork to keep with the clock
for the future. But of course she will ask me to explain that more and I
cant. Does that mean it was a pattern in a book which people might choose to
have made for a particular reason. What I think I probably need to send her
is a potted history not books and loads of stuff, just enough to make it
interesting.
Hi, Sue
Sounds like the clock was a wonderful work of love and family. How wonderful
that your lace was the right size for it. Sounds like a beautiful design.
The Luton Museum's Lace Dealer's Pattern Book is a series of pages to which
snippets of lace are attached. The dealer would show these pieces, produced by
the women that worked for him, and the customer would pick the one she wanted
and tell how many yards (or pieces, if it's a motif). Then the dealer would
order that amount from the woman who specialized in that pattern.
There are other lace dealer's pattern books around, in museums and private
collections (I've even seen some on auction at ebay). The one at the Luton
Museum got some fame when it was raising money to have the book refurbished.
They wanted to remount the lace pieces on archival board. Arachne was one of
the donors, by holding a raffle of prizes donated by members. After the
re-mounting, the museum had a book made of photographs of the pages.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
robinl...@socal.rr.com
Parvum leve mentes capiunt
(Little things amuse little minds)
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