[lace] Jacqui
This morning quite a few lacemaking friends went to the funeral near Fleetwood to say our goodbyes to our lace friend Jacqui Southworth.  I met Jacqui some time around 1990 when she joined Preston Lacemakers. We did our City and Guilds Lacemaking in the mid 1990s and were involved in the CD2000 project. It was Jacqui who got me to join Arachne while we were doing CD2000. Jacqui won the John Bull Trophy in the last Lace Guild exhibition with her beautiful tatted jewellery - necklace and ear rings. She was a supplier and painted lots of bobbins. Our group gave one of her Christmas bobbins to all our members every year until she retired. She was a generous person both with her time and knowledge and will be greatly missed. Dianne DerbyshireA sad friend - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Gawthorpe Hall
Hello to you all. As some of you will know I volunteer at Gawthorpe Hall which is in Padiham, east Lancashire. The textile Collection there was started by Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth, she had a large collection of lace and every type of embroidery from around the world. She taught both lace and embroidery.   We have been waiting for quite some time for essential conservation work to be done on the building. Last week we were told that the Hall would close on 19th April and would not reopen until 2016. When the Hall closes everything will be packed away. Rooms that are having work done will have all the furniture removed to the nearest available room. Everything has its own cover ready for the big event. All the exhibition cabinets will have to be emptied and all the pieces carefully packed away. Even the cabinets will have to be securely covered. It will take quite a few weeks to get everything ready for the workmen and once the work is finished every room will have to be thoroughly cleaned before anything can be put back. Quite a task. That does not mean people will not be able to  see the Textile Collection - the office is in a separate building - it just means it will be very difficult to get too much out because the store rooms are in the basement of the Hall and the site is a hard hat area. It will mean carrying boxes a long way. The textile staff will be doing outreach work with local people and research into Rachel and the Collection will carry on. It won't be a time to relax. During the last year the costume, whitework and quilts have been reviewed and checked against the database and more photographs taken. The best site to read what is happening will be the Textile Collection site - it is kept up to date regularly. www.gawthorpetextiles.org.uk RegardsDianne Derbyshire(in a dull and wet Preston)     - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Gawthorpe Hall
Hi Sorry about my last message I will try sending it again. Hi, I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate Davis. Quite a number of designers (knitting and crochet) came to study items from the collection. They are going to submit designs which will be sold to raise money towards the collection. Its only source of income is from what it can earn and grants it receives. You would love looking at the boxes but you would need weeks, months or even years in my case to study it all. It was set up by Rachel Kay Shuttleworth as a working collection for people to study. She collected items which she thought were of interest - some of it is poor. She wanted to educate people about lace and embroidery in particular. She was very brutal with some of her comments. The piece of lace on a small roller pillow in one of the pictures was made by me. The idea was to make it look as though Rachel had just walked out of the room for a second, so there are bits (replicas of her labels, threads, her old typewriter, some of her articles written in Embroidery etc) on her desk and the lace pillow on a table in the bay window. All the display rooms were altered last winter. One display room shows a range of pieces from the collection to show the variety it contains. The next room shows Rachel as a teacher and practitioner. The following room has treasures from the collection and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item. That was very difficult because there are so many items I love. I chose a Chantilly fan that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel), We were running out of time and it was easy to display. In the final room there are items from local degree students who have been inspired by the collection. It is good to see that Miss Rachel's vision is alive. In the public gallery this year is an exhibition Inspired by Lace. Local colleges, universities, lace groups and Embroiderers Guilds were invited to study about 20 selected items of lace. The pieces are on display until the end of the season (beginning of November). The items had to be no bigger than 10 inches square because of space. Regards, Dianne Derbyshire Preston, Lancashire Preston, Lancashire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Gawthorpe Hall
Hi  I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the pictures from Kate Davis. Quite a number of designers ( knitting and crochet) came to study items from the collection they are going to submit designs which will be sold to raise money towards the collection. Its only source of income is from what it can earn and grants it receives. You would love looking at the boxes but you would need weeks, months or even years in my case to study it all. It was set up by Rachel Kay Shuttleworth as a working collection set up for people to study â she collected items which she thought was of interest, some of it is poor. She wanted to educate people about lace and embroidery in particular. She was very brutal with some of her comments. The piece of lace on a small roller pillow in one of the pictures was made by me. The idea was to make it look as though Rachel had just walked out of the room for a second, so there are bits (replicas of her labels, threads, her old typewriter, some of her articles written in âEmbroideryâ etc) on her desk and the lace pillow on a table in the bay window. All the display rooms were altered last winter. One display room shows a range of pieces from the collection â to show the variety it contains. The next room shows Rachel as a teacher and practitioner. The following room has treasures from the collection and all the staff and volunteers chose their favourite item. That was very difficult because there are so many items I love. I chose a Chantilly fan that once belonged to Lady Baden Powell (a friend of Rachel), we were running out of time and it was easy to display. In the final room there are items from local degree students who have been inspired by the collection. It is good to see that Miss Rachelâs vision is alive. In the public gallery this year is an exhibition âInspired by Laceâ. Local colleges, universities, lace groups and Embroiderersâ Guilds were invited to study about 20 selected items of lace. The pieces are on display until the end of the season (beginning of November). The items had to be no bigger than 10â square â because of space. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston Lancashire  I found some intriguing photos of the textile collection of Gawthorpe Hall in the UK, on Kate Davies blog; katedaviesdesings.com I would love to have a look in the boxes of lace. Joke Sinclair, from a sunny West-Sussex in the UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] re:
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[lace] The Structure of Threads for Lace (Review)
Hi Barbara was also kind enough to send me a copy of her book. It is the kind of book you will refer to again and again over time when you have queries about threads and how they behave. I usually meet up with Barbara when I go to Australia and have found her a mine of information about crochet, which has come in very useful. I have all her crochet books - the Mary Card books and the ones on Irish Crochet. The lace Guild Convention in Swindon will soon be upon us. I hope there will be lots of members there. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston, Lancashire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Tallies
Hi Someone has asked me how to do a certain kind of tally. It was talked about awhile ago - not the ladder or gate tallies. I thought I had kept all the information, but cannot find it. Could someone possibly help? I seem to think there was a demonstration of how it was done as well. Thank you Dianne Derbyshire in a grey Preston - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Tallies
Hi Bev Thank you. I think that is what she was referring to. Kind regards Dianne --- On Fri, 29/10/10, bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com wrote: From: bev walker walker.b...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [lace] Tallies To: Dianne Derbyshire diannederbysh...@yahoo.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Date: Friday, 29 October, 2010, 17:30 Hi Dianne and everyone the cushion bit sounds like the ones referred to as pumpkin seed - leaf-shaped tallies with the effect of ridges at the edges. Check out the French methods (e.g. Cluny lace) of making leaf-tallies. One way to achieve this appearance is to tension outwards firmly, when the weaver has completed each pass. The middle passive, because it swings back and forth (moves out of the way accordingly), is known as the pendulum. On 10/29/10, Dianne Derbyshire diannederbysh...@yahoo.com wrote: she has seen some that look as though they have a cushion bit in the middle and wants to know how they are made. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Lace Course
Hi A message to any interested lace makers in the UK. Preston Lacemakers are hosting a course at Alston Hall, near Preston in Lancashire on 8th to 10th May this year. There is still room on the course with Jacqui Barber who will be making her scarves. Her second scarf book was published last year. Anyone interest in the course can find more details on the Preston Lacemakers web site at: www.prestonlacemakers.org.uk My best wishes to lacemakers around the world. Dianne Derbyshire (Preston) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] OIDFA Northern Contact Day (UK)
Hi The next Northern OIDFA Contact Day has been arranged for Saturday 25th October 2008 at Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham near Burnley BB12 8UA. From 10.30 to 3.30pm. It will cost £10 and members will be able to look at some of the lace or other textiles in the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Collection. If you are able to come and want to see something in particular please let me know and I can make sure it is available. Members may bring a packed lunch or there is a National Trust Cafe. The Drive up to the Hall is called Stockbridge Drive and there are the brown tourist information signs for the Hall. It is not far from the M65. Anyone wanting more information on how to get there please email me. Regards Dianne Derbyshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA Contact Day.
Hi I would like to remind all OIDFA UK members in the north that there is a Northern Contact Day on 12th April in Preston, Lancashire. It will be held in the United Reformed Church Hall, Penwortham, Preston (on A59). It is opposite Penwortham Police Station. It will be from 10.30 to 4.00 and the cost will be £2.50 for members and £3 for non members. We will be chatting and making lace - what better way to spend a day. Regards Dianne Derbyshire - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] OIDFA (UK) - Northern Contact Day
To anyone in the north of England and Scotland there will be a meeting of members and anyone else who is interested in OIDFA and the next congress in The Netherlands. The information is below. OIDFA Contact Day Saturday 19th May 2007 - 10.30am to 3.30pm. Cost £2.50 at Penwortham United Reformed Church Hall, Liverpool Road (A59), Penwortham, Preston (opposite the police station) Post code PR1 0QB It is easy to get to from Preston Railway Station. Bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee making facilities available. Sue Willoughby will be bringing some of her slides from past years showing exhibitions etc. Beth Walsh, one of our representatives, will be there to answer any questions We hope to have a good get together. Please contact me for more details if you are interested. Regards Dianne Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Sad News
Dear Friends For all the British Lcemakers - I have some sad news. Bill Whitling (alias Bill Bobbins) died on Sunday Morning (12th Nov). On 20th October he was feeling well so Carole took him along to Pudsey . He really enjoyed the day meeting old supplier friends and seeing our exhibition. He will be sadly missed - he was the technical member of our little lace group. If we had a display type problem Bill would have an answer. Bill was well known in many lace circles not only did he attend lace events with Carole but he also knew about lace. With kind regards Dianne Derbyshire (Preston, UK) - Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Fine and Fashionable: Lace from the Blackborne Collection (long)
A few weeks ago someone was asking if anyone had been to see the Exhibition at the Bowes Museum (UK) to see the lace exhibition from the Blackborne Lace Collection. I went yesterday with two friends not only to see the lace exhibition but also to hear a talk by Santina Levey - 'Worth a King's Ransom: The Heyday of Lace'. The exhibition was very good, the pieces of lace were displayed to their best advantage. The collar which was reputed to have been worn by Charles I was in a glass cabinet so that we could walk around to see both the front and the back. A pair of lappets were hung so that from one side you could see all the pattern and from the other side the light was shining through so you could see the lace from a different perspective. Around the walls detailed photographs had been blown up so you could see how the threads moved more clearly. The light in both galleries was subdued but all the lace was clearly visible. In the second gallery there were a few of the Blackborne sample books and sheets. They contain pieces arranged in typographical groups covering every form of hand-made lace from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Along one wall was a row of lappets - all dated - arranged so that you could see how the same kind of lace altered with time and the fashion of the day. Also in this room were two pieces from the designer Viviene Westwood - a cream lace jacket and a dark lace dress. I bought the catalogue, which cost £16, but to me was worth it, because the photographs of the lace are very clear and it is all dated. I find it hard trying to date pieces of lace. I also bought the book by Clare Browne - 'Lace from the Victoria and Albert Museum' (19.95) which I will find very useful, it has super photographs of lace. I definitely want to go and have another look at the exhibition. I met someone there who had been twice already. The Bowes museum has a good cafe and we had an enjoyable lunch. The staff were very helpful - a friend had broken her ankle a few weeks ago, they provided a wheelchair and operated the lift to get us up and down. The talk by Santina Levey was good but she did not speak very loud and there was no microphone, so being sat near the back in a full room of people it was very hard to hear and I had to strain the whole time to hear what she was saying. People who have hearing problems must have found it impossible. The talk was fully booked and many lace makers had travelled far for the occasion. Santina started her talk with the origins of lace up to the 19th Century. To make a comparison with how much the lace cost in real terms she told how much the richest man in England earned in a year and how much he paid his top servant then we could appreciate just how valuable the lace actually was. There are more talks coming up - on 7th December Clare Browne, Keeper of Textiles at the VA is talking on 'Flowers in Fashion: The influence of Botanical Illustration on 18th Century Silk Design'. On 4th January Joanna Hashagen, Keeper of Textiles at The Bowes Museum is talking on ' Arthur Goes to Hollywood: The remarkable Story of A Blackborne Co'. There are also gallery talks on the second Tuesday each month and lace demonstrations on the second Saturday and third Wednesday each month. All these details and more are on the web site: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Maybe someone else who went to Bowes on Thursday would like to comment, if they haven't already done so. Kind regards to you all Dianne Derbyshire (sunny Preston, UK) - We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lace Guild Convention - Bowes Museum
Hi In reply to Devon's query. A quote from the literature from the museum - 'This exhibition is made up from items that remain in the keep of the family who are kindly allowing the Bowes Musuem to exhibit them for the first time ever.' They also say - 'Items from the Blackborne collection were exhibited at major international exhibitions and sold to major museums across the world. In 1908 an American newspaper article stated The famous Blackborne collection, occupied fifty years in its gathering, and, embracing the representative diverse handiwork of five centuries, it is said to be on of the finest in the world.' I would say they are all part of the original collection after reading the information we received. I have read through the information and cannot see anything about taking photographs. I thought that when we looking at the Bowes lace collection we were allowed to take photos without flash, but it may be different with items from a private collection. The owners could have specified no pictures to be taken. Maybe nearer the date they may put more information on their web site. The building is very imposing and looks like a stately home but in fact it was designed and built as a museum by John and Josephine Bowes to house their vast collection of art. Dianne in cloudy Preston. - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lace Guild Convention, Durham
Hi No one has yet said what a good weekend everyone had in Durham at the Lace Guild Convention. It was held at one of the university colleges. As they were leaving lots were saying they did not know how it could be bettered next year because they had had such a good time and the university staff had been so friendly and helpful. It was announced that next year it is to be held at the university in Reading. I went to Beamish on the Friday afternoon trip. It is an open air museum but we went to look behind the scenes at some of the lace. It was a brand new building that has been built to house lots of the items not just from Beamish but museums in the surrounding area. They had a big room that can be used for classes etc, where the lace was laid out on tables for us to look at. They had also put pads and pencils next to the lace so that any that was not properly identified could be commented on by the members. The curator also took two groups behind the scenes to see the wonderful new storage area. I could have spent ages looking at the things there. They have a very good collection of quilts and they were all stored on the shelves with the photograph of each quilt dangling from the end of the package. Afterwards we walked down the site to have a cream tea before making our way back. So that it is not so boring I will send another message out the trip to Bowes Museum. Regards Dianne Derbyshire sunny Preston, Lancashire - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1cent;/min. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re Miniatures Exhibition
Hi When I sent the message about the opening hours of Gawthorpe Hall I forgot to say it was closed on Fridays. The sun has got to my brain! It is closed Monday and Friday. Open other days of the week from 1pm to 5pm. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston (UK) - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Exhibition of miniatures
Hi If anyone is in the Lancashire area before the end of August I thought they may be interested in an exhibition of miniatures by a guild who does miniature embroideries etc. I have forgotten the name! It is at Gawthorpe Hall, in the Long Gallery on the top floor. There are some magnifying glasses there so that you can see all the tiny stitches. There is a tiny fair isle sweater that cannot be any bigger than 2 inches square. There are some tiny knitted lace pieces, a four poster bed with all the covers, a tiny book and even with the magnifying glass I could only just see all the stitches. There many interesting little pieces. Gawthorpe Hall is closed on a Monday. The Hall is open from 1pm to 5pm (last entry about 4.30?). The Tea Room opens at 12. If anyone is interested in quilts there is a CD with 32 quilts from the Rachel Beatrice Kay-Shuttleworth Collections. More information at: www.rbks.co.uk The cataloguing of the collection is progressing. At the moment I am working my way though a large box marked Flemish Lace, but quite a few pieces are named as Milanese. There were so many similarities in the past that it is difficult to say where a piece was made. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston (UK) - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] New OIDFA Bulletin
Hi The purse is, indeed, beautiful (if highly impractical g). But can anyone tell me what kind of lace it is? And how it's made? It is Bebilla, a needle lace. Also known as Oya, Arab, Smyrna, Armenian ans maybe other names as well. I'm not being a smartie! I just happen to have got some these kinds of lace to identify and catalogue and have borrowed a book from the Preston Lacemakers library called 'Armenian Needle lace and Embroidery' by Alice Odian Kasparian. A lady from Angora who settled in the US. This book was published in 1983 by EPM Publications, ISBN 0-014440-65-9. It won't still be in print after all this time, but no doubt it will be in Guild libraries. So far I have only skimmed through the book but there are pictures showing how to hold the work and do the various stitches.I have read in one or two books that this is the oldest type of lace and was introduced into Europe from Asia Minor. I have been examining some of the lace trying to work out how it was made. I thought some may have been netting, but it isn't. I can remember hearing that one of the workshops in Athens was Bebilla. Alice Odian Kasparian sounds a fascinating person. Her father was a manufacturer of fine textiles, her mother a lacemaker. They escaped the Turks in 1915-16 and settled in Boston. She qualified as a pharmacist and became chief pharmacist and reorganised pharmacies in some major hospitals. She wrote three books, was president of the Armenian Studies Research Association and other organisations, and her needlelace was exhibited in St Vartan Cathedral, New York, Harvard University City Hall and the Fine Arts Museum, Boston. Regards Dianne Derbyshire in a cold, sunny Preston (England's 50th City) - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth Collections
Hi There are copies of the book about Rachel available but the only way of paying for them is with a cheque made out in pounds sterling. For anyone interested the book costs £2.50 + 50p postage and packing making a total of £3. With only 50p for postage I don't think they will be winging their way around the world by air. The cheque should be made payable to: 'RBKS Collections', Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, England. BB12 8UA Of course if you wished to give a donation towards help with the collection I'm sure they would be very pleased. I'm sorry it isn't easier to buy the book. I'm still finishing off a box of 17th century needlelace. There was one super piece of Point de France and some very good pieces of Venetian Gros Point. When looking at the lace you can tell they have all been recycled. None of them are in their original form. But they were so expensive when they were new they had to be reused many times. When Gros Point was at its peak the courts of Europe were all broke with everyone buying this exquisite lace. It was the gold and diamonds of its day. Some of the fine pieces are now quite worn but you can still see how magnificent they must have been. While studying some of the pieces of lace you can see that the motifs are made by different people and assembled to form a whole. I have been told that the collection of lace pillows has been left for me to catalogue and on some there is work in progress with all the bobbins still intact. Yum! I wonder how many boxes I have to complete before I get the lace pillows. I also have boxes to bring home to sort out. There is a mixture of all sorts in them and I have to identify what they are. There won't be anything in them that is outstanding but there are some interesting little pieces. Regards Dianne Derbyshire in Preston, England's 50th City - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lacemaking get together
Hi OK so I'm a few weeks behind! I have been catching up with lots of things today. When I started learning lace I went to night school classes but then the local authority decided there weren't enough people in the class so we just met in a room in the school for a year or so. I was a school governor and the headteacher said he did not mind, because the school was open anyway for the nightschool classes and we paid the teacher. We moved out of the school into the local scout hut but gave that up when there were too many holes in the floor! A bit drafty round the knees! Our group became a self help group with our teacher as a member (no longer paid). We now meet in a room in a sheltered housing complex. There are only about 10 or 11 members when we are all there. I have advertised our group in local libraries each year but have had not interest. The only new members we get are by word of mouth. If anyone in the area wishes to make lace there are two day classes a month at Alston Hall and one of the Preston Lacemakers teaches lace on morning and one evening a week in a room at the Blind Centre. I also belong to Preston Lacemakers who meet once a month. We hold workshops, hold lace days (November) and have trips to various places. I am also a member of our Women's Institute craft group and we meet in a members house every Tuesday afternoon. There are only two lacemakers in the group but we make all kinds of things. Last year we made lots of small quilts for the Linus Project. They are now all with children who love to cuddle them. A small group of lacemakers meet at my home because it is the most central and we have made all kinds of things. When everyone went home one day there were large structures hanging from the ceiling of the conservatory to see what happened to the lace when it was left for awhile. DH just rolled his eyes and thought here we go again! Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston (England's 50th City) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth Collection
Hi Everyone Sorry to be so long in replying to Jeris enquiry about the Rachel B Kay-Shuttleworth book. They have some books. The main problem is trying to find out how you can pay. I have not got all the details yet, but I have not forgotten. The discussion about cloth stitch, half stitch etc - I use the term cloth stitch but I know that some people use the term whole stitch to mean the same thing. When I have been writing descriptions of lace for cataloguing the lace of the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth collection and so many terms are use to describe the same thing tally = Barley corns, Coxcombs, Cutworks, Grains, Leadworks, Leaf, Grains, Wheat-ear, etc. Which term should I use? Some are quite local terms used in a small area. I decided to use the name tally and sometimes the local name in brackets. But if someone came to research a certain term they may not necessarily find what they are looking for. So I decided to make a glossary of terms which hopefully may help someone in the future with their research. I am going through my books looking for the meanings but the list grows! Where should I stop? Something some of you may find of interest is a large card, which will have to be dismantled because it isnt acid free. The pieces of lace are sewn onto velvet, which is sewn onto the card. Its title is Arab, Palestinian and Cyprus Lace. I have not seen any Arab Lace before. Rachels note says Probably the oldest type of lace, but until recently unknown, being made in the harem for home use. There are eight pieces from Bethlehem, some from Tunis, Armenia, Persia and Cyprus. They look like netting with a fine thread. There are dates on some they seem to have been made in the 1920s. It says Sheet 1 so maybe I will find some more, sometime in the future. The stitches look to be knotted. There are some circular mats, edgings and insertions. Two little pieces look like Torchon in design but worked with the old Arab stitch. The pieces from Tunis, all 1920, say all the very old traditional designs. One of the motifs looks like needlelace some of the areas in the design like Bebila. Hope this is of interest. Dianne Derbyshire City of Preston __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Auction - Lace
Dear Jeri How did we miss this? I guess because we know the Springett's and got all wrapped up in the other auction. That *might* mean there would be some good buys at Bonhams! If anyone goes to Knowle to this auction, please report back to Arachne on the proceedings. Thanks in advance. I went to Knowle this week to Bonhams Auction. DH and I went down on Monday so I could look at the lace that was being actioned on Tuesday morning. The lace was the first lots of the day. There were about 45 lots of lace, christening robes, about 5 or 6 lots of fans followed by bobbins, pillows, stands and a couple of glass lacemakers lamps then costumes and accessories. I had looked at all the lots of lace on the web site before I went and had read the information. I am not a lace collector and only went to look at the workboxes because I fancied an old workbox with all the tools. I must have been spoiled, I was not really impressed with the lace for sale. There were one or two pieces that were ok, but none that set my heart fluttering. Most went for within the estimated price. There was a flounce of Brussels Duchess Lace (6m long x 22cm wide) that was in good condition (estimate £60 - £100) fetched £353. A large Burano tablecloth (197cm x 114cm), the lace was in reasonable condition but where it had been joined, it was coming undone. Estimate £200 to £400 fetched £270. A colourful length of Bebila (Oya) scarf edging (350cm x 4,5cm) estimate £80 to £120 fetched £458. The final lot of lace a mixed Brussels application square shawl, with damage to the net, (188cm x 198cm) and a matching shaped 5 metres overskirt estimate £150 to £200 fetched £1528. I left after the fans and we went to look around Warwick. But I did find out the prices of other lace items. There was one bone hanging bobbin inscribed - 'W Bull 1871, hung April' fetched £147 for those who are interested in bobbins. I did get a workbox but could not bring myself to pay the price for my favourite box. The weather was very cold in the West Midlands. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Royal Train (Gawthorpe Hall)
Dear Jeri What I wanted to write about is the CD of the quilts. This type of product is not as permanent as a book. I hope there will be books about the collection? I think at the moment it is one step at a time. The most important thing at the moment is to get each item in the collection catalogued and on to a database with its photograph and each item put into archive film to protect it. Once that is achieved people will then be able to see the work and examine it without causing too much harm to the pieces. Once that is achieved other avenues can be explored, but it all comes down to money; when you have the cash anything is possible. I think a CD was the easiest way to get pictures of the collection out to people who wished to view them. I do not want CD's to take over as source materials or as a topic of discussion (again) on Arachne. Rest assured, I'll not be reading memos about CD's. It's a waste of effort to convince me. I'm sure I would much rather curl up in a chair and look through my books than sit glued to my computer screen all evening. Each has its place, but I cannot imagine being without my books. Dianne, is the 42-page booklet about Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth by Canon G. A. Williams still available? I think there are people on Arachne who would love to read about this remarkable woman who was so involved in the beginning years of the Girl Guide movement and The Embroiderers' Guild. The last photo in the booklet is of Rachel K-S With students at Gawthorpe. She is shown at a lace pillow, with three young women. If the booklet is available, perhaps you could gather purchasing info and put it on Arachne? The booklet is still available. I probably will not be able to find out all the information for you before the middle of January but I will let you know all the details as soon as I can. Rachel was a remarkable woman. I have a copy of the book by Canon G A Williams and I read it from time to time. She taught lace and had lots of small samples sewn onto fabric to illustrate lots of different types of lace. We are unpicking them off the fabric for cataloguing. Some have got rather grubby. Rachel often wrote comments about pieces of lace - not all complimentary! But some are very factual and interesting. All her little cards are being photographed so that they will be on the database with the picture of the item concerned. Regards Dianne Derbyshire Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Royal Train
Hi As the list is quiet at the moment I thought I would tell everyone about a good day I had this week. I am helping to catalogue the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth lace collection at Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham (Lancashire). I had only one item to finish in the box I was doing and Gilly said she had a box that needed doing straight away. What a treat! The box contained a Bucks Point court train made for Caroline, wife of the III Duke of Buckingham. In the box were some letters from the family telling about the lace and a large photograph of the lace draped round a wooden dummy at the International Health Exhibition of 1884. There was also a stole made to go with the train. The train was always draped round a plain dress so that the beauty of the lace could be seen. In the design was worked the coronet and family insignia and great floral swags. A letter told of all the female family members wearing the train when they were presented at court. They would have the train wound round the arm and as they approached the king and queen they would drop it to the floor so that it flowed behind them until they had got past and then they would re wind it onto the arm. I enjoyed being able to examine all these things in detail. At the moment the Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth collection is unavailable to be viewed because it is being catalogued. They have received a lottery grant to help get all the items in the collection catalogued. All the quilts have been done and there is now a CD on sale with pictures of the quilts. It is hoped to have everything done by October 2005. The house is open to the public between Easter and the end of October each year and there are a few rooms with some of Rachels collection on display. Please do not try to see the collection yet because it is unavailable and there are very few people doing the job. They get upset at having to turn people away but it must be finished. If anyone is interested in hearing more from time to time I can keep you informed. Dianne Derbyshire Preston - Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! Try it today! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
