[lace] Lace stands
Interesting that nowhere do I see the simplest form of lacemaking stand. It is a simple adjustable column (raises or lowers to any convenient height), is steadied by a flat area for one's feet, and supports one edge of the flat pillow while the opposite edge rests on one's lap. With the column compressed, it measures about 18" high and depending on the size of the foot plate about 8" wide. Jeannet van Ord gave me one years ago, and it fits in my suitcase. I have used it for travel and classes, and around the house when space is limited. Several friends have copied it, thanks to their woodworking husbands, and seem to find it as useful as I do. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine USA, where spring is trying slowly to appear. - 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] Tambour
I have a friend here in Maine who has been working on teaching herself tambour. She has books and so on, but would really love to correspond with someone else who is interested in making this kind of lace. If you respond to me privately or on the list I will be happy to forward your email to her. Thanks so much. Tess Parrish (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine, USA, where summer finally decided to arrive yesterday. Bliss! - 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] Date requirements for posting
This is especially for Pene, but also for everyone else who may be interested in putting old books etc up onto the Arizona website. The rule is that anything published before 1923 is fair game. After that date all materials come under copyright rules and need permission from the author or whoever controls it. So, sorry Pene, 1963 is too late. But, please, if you do run into anything published before 1923 which is not on the Arizona website (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html) let me know. I am still always hoping to find more and John Cropper is still willing to help me get it up onto the site that was started so long ago by Ralph Griswold. Thanks again to all over the years who made this site the success it is by lending me so many books, articles, monographs, etc. Your help was invaluable. Tess Parrish (tess1...@aol.com) - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] French lace
My son in law, who is French, follows the auctions in France and he has just sent me a link to an auction site which has an amazing collection of fine laces to view. I tested the link with my friend Barbara, and she said it worked just fine. http://vimeo.com/32865904 The descriptions and comments are all in French, but beautiful things don't always need words to give people pleasure. I hope the link works for you and that you enjoy it. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] More on the Arizona archives
Our friend John Cropper has been busy in the last little while. There is a website called archive.org which has scanned many old books. I was able to sort out the lace ones from their amazing collection. These are what John has put up on the website, http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html for those who might be interested. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) where Maine USA is experiencing a day of mid-July temperatures. Lovely, but we are a northern people and will feel more at home next week when the weather goes back to cool spring. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] pillow stands
Most of what has been described have been tables. I have several of those mentioned in the correspondence. But the stand I prefer, especially for travel, is not a table but a stand. It was given to me by Jeannette Van Ord in the Netherlands and is the kind that is used in Bruges and many other places in that part of the world. It is basically an adjustable column: the inner length slides up and down inside a case and is held in place by a nail thrust through holes. There is a simple cross piece at the top of the inner column, and it has a flat base attached to the outer case on which to rest the feet and hold the whole thing steady. The base is the right size to fit into my carry-on suitcase. The pillow rests between the cross piece at the top of the column and my knees. It fits any chair, high or low. It works best with a flat block pillow and continental bobbins. I have given the pattern for this to several friends with handy husbands and they have been pleased with the results. It is really hard to describe in words. If someone is really interested, I can take a picture and email it to her. Tess (tess1...@aol.com) in Maine, USA, where spring is being hinted at way too early for these parts. - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] hacked address
I have just found out that someone wicked has posted and sent out a change of address for me which is fraudulent. My address has not changed. Do not try to use the address this bad person is telling you. Sorry to have to tell Arachne this, but so many people have my real address that they are probably gettiing this fake message. Tess (tess1...@aol.com--still the right address!) - 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/albums/most-recent
[lace] Free Money , Come And Try
hi all , Today i have a story news , just go to http://cashing.fateback.com/free-money and send money to your paypal for free GOOD LUCK! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] DMC Dentelles aux Fuseaux
This book has indeed been put on the web site, thanks to Lori's generosity in lending it to me for scanning. (You can't imagine how many of the old books we have made available to us by generous lacemakers willing to lend me their books to scan.) It has been posted on the This Month's section of the web site. It will be on CD #6, which will be available by the first of January. I'm sorry I can't give you the direct URLs of the above, but I am using my daughter's PC at the moment and I can't seem to get it to do the things my Mac does so easily. (I guess it's all what you are used to!) I am in France for Christmas and the month of January and am not sure when I will be able to connect directly using my own computer. It has to do with the inability of her DSL connection to use Macs, I don't quite know why. But when I get down to Sof and Josette in a couple of weeks I'll be back to my own records and connections, which will be a great relief. In the meantime, I can read my mail on her computer and send out messages, so MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in Boulogne/Paris, soon to go down to Sologne. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a research project
I have just received an email from a nun who is doing a research project which sounds very interesting. She writes: My current project concerns early lace, primarily sixteenth century Italian and French lace. I am using the actual patterns in illuminated manuscript borders and capitals to enhance the prayers of that period. Please suggest any other CDs which you think are particularly fine. I am having a wonderful time exploring them online but would appreciate your suggestions. Is there anyone out there who might have any suggestions for other lace material which might be of use to her? She is of course interested in the Ricci books on the Professor's site, but perhaps you might have other ideas as well. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] timeline
The Professor wrote me this morning: Sometime you should draw a time line for lace making with significant dates noted. I know you've told me, but I don't have a clear picture. He is really interested in learning all he can about lace and lacemaking. I guess this is why our work together has been so satisfying. So, if anyone has anything to contribute toward working up a lace timeline, it would be very interesting to both of us. I think I will then write it all up for the next issue of Webside. (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webside.html) Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] paypal problem resolved/CD notes for newbies
I talked to PayPal this morning and they have promised me that all the problems have been taken care of and my account is now open to receive funds. = In case there are any newbies out there who don't know what I am talking about, we have made four CDs containing scans of old lace books, articles, etc, which can be ordered through me. (We are now working on the fifth one, but please don't ask for that until I post the news that it is ready.) And again for the newbies, the web site you can find all this material on is: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html This website also has a tremendous collection of weaving books and other textile materials. If you want more information about it, please let me know. Back to Paypal (paypal.com), this is a service I provide for those who don't have access to US funds. Because I have to pay a fee for every transaction, I have to limit it--if you have US dollars, please use those. Each CD costs $10 plus postage ($1 US, $2 international). Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] PayPal problems
In December, someone breached my PayPal account and caused me a great deal of difficulty straightening it all out. I thought that the problems had been taken care of and have told various people without US funds that they could pay for their CDs through PayPal as usual. Now suddenly I have found that my account has been put on hold, which means that I can't receive any money from anyone until a minor little problem has been cleared up. It should be all right by next week--I hope! I am very sorry if this has caused confusion. Computers and the internet are great--until there is a problem! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] translations finished!
The Professor, in his terse fashion, writes, Many thanks to you and the Arachnids! The exclamation point represents the enthusiasm with which he received my email with all the translations made. Thanks so much to all who made so much effort to get these titles translated. Can you imagine any other place where one has access not only to lacemakers around the world, but to so many languages and so many people willing to help out. I never thought I would be able to find Thai! But there it is, along with German, French, Russian, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish. Thanks again to you all. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] translations
Thanks to everyone who wrote offering to help and to all those who sent me the translations. I now have a lovely long list of translators in case the Professor asks me again. Isn't Arachne marvellous! One has only to ask a question and the answer is returned almost immediately. The only title left to decipher is in Thai: Ru'ang tham rai fai, Phranakhon Anyone? Thanks again to all. Tess([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] need help with Russian book titles
Can anyone help with these? They are both in the books section of http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html The first is Otviety ne obyknovennye voprosy diete for which we need a translation into English. The second is under Ericson, N. J. --CYRILLIC SCRIPT HERE-- [A Collection of Samples of Bobbin Lace], 1913, etc. I have tried to change the Cyrillic into a font we can read here in the West, but without success. I hope that someone out there is good in Russian. The Professor and I thank you. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] translations needed
The Professor is trying to make translations of the titles of books and articles written in other languages into English. Can anyone help? Russian: Otviety ne obyknovennye voprosy diete Italian: I Singolari e Nuovi Disegni (and is the spelling correct?) Spanish: Catálogo de la Exposición de Lencería y Encajes Españoles Thai: Ru'ang tham rai fai, Phranakhon : Krasuang Kasettrathikan I have asked Ilske to help with the German, but there are a lot of them and she may not have time. Is there anyone out there who can help with German if I need her? Thanks to any and all. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] from the Professor re copyright
At the risk of starting that copyright thread again, I want to answer a private email which came from an Arachnid with the same question I once asked the Prof about copyright when we were first starting all this scanning. The question was: Does the copyright date change where it concerns material which might be available for scanning. In other words, is pre-1923 a fixed date as the years go by? Here is what he says: --- 1923 is a fixed date until some time many years from now, when it starts to advance. 1966 is the end of possible public-domain material for works published with a copyright notice. Anything from 1923 to 1966 has to have its copyright renewed to still be protected. Recall the website that has this information. [http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/copyrenew.html] As to the 1980s, as long as it has a copyright notice, it is protected far into the future. There's a later date (1989?) after which copyright notices weren't required. These remarks are about U.S. copyright; foreign copyright laws are different for the period from 1923 to 1989 (?). -- I hope this doesn't start another long copyright thread, but it explains a bit why we are asking any generous authors for permission to donate their work to the web site. The lace section is as full as it is because of the help of so many who have helped me find books and articles I would never have been able to find on my own. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Lillie Trivett
Does anyone have an address for, or some way to reach Lillie Trivett? If so, please write me privately. Thanks in advance. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] books and articles wanted
As you all know by now, one of the biggest problems we face on the Professor's web site is the issue of copyright. It limits us to publication dates before 1923, and this cuts out a tremendous amount of information which would be useful to us all. The only way we can overcome this is to ask people who have written articles and books to be willing to share their work as a generous service to the world of lacemaking. I know that in many cases, the articles people have written now belong to the publications they wrote for, but it might be possible to ask these publishers to permit the material to go onto the site as a worldwide public service. I hope that you will think about this and see if you can help us. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Here is what the Professor writes to Arachne: -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you willing to contribute your writings to the website? Brian Lemin has set a marvelous example by allowing his material on bobbins to be placed on the website. I hope that others who have written works on topics related to the website, but which which no longer have significant commercial value, will follow his example. Perhaps you've written a monograph or published an article in a lace or weaving magazine. By making it available on the web, you can assure that it will have a lasting place in the literature and a huge audience. Depending on who owns the copyright and on the conditions of publication, you may be able to give permission yourself or you may need to get approval from the publisher. If you have questions, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] old IOLI
For those who might want to see early copies of the IOL Bulletin, go to http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_lace.html#periodicals Thanks to the Professor, we have quite a collection. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] needle lace pillow
I have just taken a picture of a lace pillow I made after my trip to Venice and Burano some years ago. We see pictures of bobbin lace pillows everywhere, but I've only found one other needle lace pillow pictured (on Lori's site--where else!). This one is an accurate reproduction of the actual working lace pillows used by the lacemakers in Venice and has a pattern pinned to it which I got at Lidia's in Burano. If anyone is interested, let me know, and I'll email the picture to you. I've sent it to the Professor, and it may end up on his site as well. By the way, have you checked out the needle lace video? It might help you a lot. You can find it on Holly van Sciver's web site: http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/Springett%20Videos.html She gives advice on how to make a pillow as well as making the lace itself. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ooops!
Sorry! I didn't give you the whole of the Professor's monthly update site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html Thanks to those who brought this to my attention. All the newest books are there: hope you like them. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] from the Professor
The Professor has just sent this to me: == As a general rule, the easiest place to find new documents is on this-month.html. The new lace books are there now. Once February additions are made, the January additions will be on 2005-01.html, per the first page of Webside. By the way, Webside 3 is now online. I would urge our French-speaking lacemakers to take a look at the three French books he has just posted. And for the others, the pictures are really interesting. The laces of l'Europe Centrale are the ones made by those talented women in Czechoslovakia whose work we saw bits of when we were there with OIDFA. And the Valenciennes book should be of interest to people like Devon who love the finest and best. I wonder if any of those are at the Met? Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] old book
I have access to an 1875 edition of Palliser's History of Lace. Cost: $100 plus postage. Is anyone interested? I need an immediate answer, privately please. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] old book
Lacemakers sure are eager! I have just heard from someone who wants the book I mentioned, so she's first on the list just in case anyone elseout there thought they might want it. However, this does tell me that there are people out there who are interested not only in reading the books on the Professor's web site, but who also want to hold these lovely old books in their own little hot hands. Books are wonderful things! Tess([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] old book
Well, the offer is still open: change of plans from my first correspondent. Let me know privately if you are interested. This is the 1875 copy of Palliser's History of Lace. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ribs, rolls, bundles and tubes
The Greek lacemakers on Aegina use a wrapping method to carry their threads from one place to another. It was interesting to me to see that they didn't seem to bother about which side was up: the wraps were on made either side. It requires a bit of skill, but done right it looks very sleek. They just bundle all the threads to be moved and wrap tightly till the whole is covered. If you go to the OIDFA Congress in 2006 in Greece, you will see Anna doing this. Some of you may remember her at the Greek exhibit in Suchol, she of the wonderful warm personality and glorious smile. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Feedback
The Professor is working on Webside number three, his latest adventure on the website. For those who haven't taken a look at this yet, try http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/ and click on Newsletter. He has just written me asking if anyone has anything they would like to comment on, to be included in the Feedback area. It would certainly help him with this venture if you have ideas or remarks. Send them either to him or to me. Check out the latest books posted on the lace site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html You can easily find new postings by looking for the red date in the item. The last two books are really interesting in my mind, especially the Dictionary. I have sent him three more books to process, and he is working on them for next month. I want to thank all those who continue to make this lace asset such a good one. In the last month or so, I have received books from several people (on loan of course), and it is this sort of help which has encouraged me to continue. If you have anything you think we need to put in the collection, or have ideas, or can get permission to post more modern books, articles, etc, I would very much appreciate hearing from you. Thanks again to all. By the way, I have just had CDs12 reprinted, so we now have plenty in stock of all four CDs. And yes, we are working on number 5! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the Professor's newsletter
For those who might be interested in exploring the Professor's website a bit further, the second issue of his newsletter, Webside, is now available at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webside.html He has asked me to write a regular lace column, so you will see my first effort. My idea to begin with is to assume that he and perhaps the weavers don't know much about lace, so I'm keeping it pretty simple. If you have any suggestions, I would be happy to hear them. Also, he says that he will receive feedback from readers with pleasure. The Page of the Month will show you our activity for December. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/2004-12.html I am working on a delightful little lace dictionary at the moment: it will be on the web site in January. It is called The Lace Dictionary, by C.R.Clifford, and is as complete as any of the newer ones I have on my bookshelf even though it is only pocket-sized. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] looking for a book
Interlibrary Loan has just come through for me with a copy of Lace Making and Collecting by A. Penderel Moody. I find that she also wrote Devon Pillow Lace and How to Make It, published by Cassell and Co. Ltd, 1907. Does anyone have a copy of this that I could borrow to scan so that the Professor's web site will have both of her books? I would really appreciate this. If no one has it, or doesn't want to lend it, perhaps you might know of a library that has it and might be willing to lend it. Thanks. I've just come back from a very productive scanning session at the Philadelphia Free Library. I urge you to keep checking the Professor's site as he receives these from me and gets them processed. (Try: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this-month.html) You might also like to see his newsletter, a new venture, which can be accessed by going to his web site's home page and clicking on newsletter.(See: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/) He is working on the second issue right now, and when it is finished--next week, we hope--you will find information on copyrights, among other things. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] more on the Professor's web site
The Professor is trying to make order out of chaos, which is why I have been sending so many recent messages to you about his site. The latest is that he has finally installed a search engine onto the site, which should be a great help. If you try it and have problems, let me know. Just go to the web site home page http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/ and enter what you are trying to find in the Google search box. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Tatting
As some of you may know, I scanned the Hoare book on tatting some time ago and sent it off to the Professor. I was looking for it today and couldn't find it. Seems he has set up a special site for tatters. Here is what he says: Tatting isn't lace, so it's not on the lace page. See http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topics.html Near the bottom, you'll find a link to the tatting page. It's worth knowing about topics.html. The question is: is he right? I didn't think so. But what he has done is to put all his scans from women's magazines, etc, into its own section, so avid tatters might want to take a look. I think the problem lies in what kinds of books, etc, we are interested in. For instance, the crochet patterns that were in some of the ladies' home manuals are pretty routine and perhaps not up to the standard of the fine Irish crochet of the turn of the century. He can't distinguish the difference, being neither a crocheter or a lacemaker, so I have to make choices. I think the Hoare book is a classic and certainly qualifies to be on the lace site, where we are looking for the best. What shall I tell him? Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] books to scan
Devon has suggested that I ask any of you who might have lace books on your shelves with publication dates before 1923 if I might be able to borrow them to scan. As you well know, I have done a lot, so if you were interested in helping and would be willing to let them go for a month or so, I would have to hear from you privately so that I can let you know if they have already been scanned. Or, you can look them up on the Professor's site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html and check out Books and Monographs especially. This is something that I feel very hesitant to ask. These books are so precious! I have been lucky to get quite a few from private lenders, and of course have been able to find them in the big libraries when I have gone traveling. Interlibrary Loan has been good, too, but I haven't had much luck lately. However, Devon seemed to think that I should write you about this. She wanted me to include titles, which I can if you like, but there are a lot and maybe this first request will be the way to go for now. If you are kind enough to be willing to lend me a book, I will return it exactly as you sent it, paying all necessary postage and special handling. I do have to keep books for a month, but this we can talk about in our private correspondences. Thanks to all who have been so supportive of this project. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] another message from the Professor
There is so much to be found on the Professor's web site, but if you are like me it is overwhelming and I, for one, have real trouble finding things. I was talking to him about this, and here is his response: - I think Arachne folks need to be beaten over the head about checking topics.html -- clearly what's there was a surprise to Devon. And many folks with a special interest in one topic have potential interests in others. Also, I think Arachne folks tend to think of its being just a lace site. It isn't. The lace is just a page on a par with 115 others -- and at least one has more entries than the lace page. I'll put something about this in the next issue of Webside, but in the meantime, you might send a message to Arachne folks strongly encouraging them to look at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topics.html --- All I can say is--it's amazing! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] needle lace
Check out the Prof's site: He has just posted the old DMC needle lace book. There are a couple of other new ones too, thanks to Devon. To see the postings of the month, go to Postingsof the month: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/2004-11.html I'm scanning a lovely old book right now which is a translation into English of a description of an exhibition held in Paris in 1900. I saw this book some years ago at a museum library, but they wouldn't let me scan it. Then, mirabile dictu!, it arrived quite by surprise from a lacemaker in California. This and ILL are how I find books to scan for all the lacemakers in the world to see. But without the Professor, this work would never come to fruition. He is remarkable. And patient. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the Professor's web site
Miriam wrote me that she couldn't find Marie Schuette's Alte Spitzen on the lace website. I knew he had posted it, but I couldn't find it either. However, by dint of a bit of scrounging around I finally located it by doing this: Go to : http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/ Then click on : Archive of Documents on Weaving, Textiles, Lace, and Related Topics Then click on: books Then choose S from the list of letters You will then see Schuette. Alte Spitzen. And you can go from there. Then I wrote the Prof to find out what the problem was. Here is his answer: There is no lace site. There is a topic page for lace, among many other topics. [TSP: this is the one we usually use: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html] Topic pages only get updated occasionally -- it takes a long time to produce them. To see recent additions, go to The Page of the Month, in this case http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/2004-10.html Any time you can't find something you know should be there, I will be glad to help--or can write the Prof for explicit directions. At the moment I am working on Mrs. Lowes Chats on Old Lace and Needlework. Some of you may remember that last year I was unable to scan the copy I had because of deep ripples in the pages, and others had come up with the same edition with the same problem. Fortunately, Devon lent me another edition which is ripple-free and working up just fine. I want once again to thank all those who over the past couple of years have been so kind as to trust me with their treasures and who were so willing to share them so that we all can have the opportunity to see these old books. These are generous gifts to all lacemakers. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ebay lace books collection
Yes, this is the Professor's site, copied verbatim and for sale on Ebay. I wrote him about it, and he said, Never mind: it has happened before. Forget it. Whatta guy! I have told many of you that the CDs you get from me cost only what I have put into my share of the work, supplies, mailing,and so on. The Professor asks nothing. We both agree that any of you who want to copy them are absolutely free to do so, but we hope that no one will try to make a profit from it, as this person is obviously wanting to do. Shame on her! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Church laces
I am about to scan The Art of Making Altar Laces, a very nice little book of crocheted laces sent to me for scanning by a generous friend. It will come out (eventually) on CD#5, but will of course be on the Professor's web site long before that, when I get the scanning done and he finishes the processing. I'm still in re-entry mode after a month away at the OIDFA Congress and in Paris with Josette. But the waiting-to-be-scanned is piling up on my desk and after this week of constant summer guests is past, I'll be hard at work again. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Prague arrival
I will be arriving from Paris at the Prague airport on Sunday July 11 at 2:50 pm. If anyone is interested in sharing a taxi, I would be glad to hear from her. I will be staying at the Campus hotel**. Thanks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] more on the CDs
Here is the web site URL in case you want to see what we have put on the CDs and what has been scanned since the last ones were published. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html A number of people have asked if I will be bringing CDs to Prague. I don't plan to do so--after all, I have to bring lacemaking supplies and clothes! So if you want them, please let me send them to you in the usual way: it would really be a lot easier for me. I'll be sending them out up until the 6th of July. After that, orders will have to wait to be sent out until I get back in August, although I can certainly receive emails while I am gone. Also, a note especially to Americans: please remember that the PayPal account was set up for those people who don't have access to US funds. I have to pay a fee for every transaction, and although it isn't enormous it does add up over the long run. But for anyone from the far corners of the world (can you believe Surinam, Korea, South Africa, and of course Down Under!), it certainly is convenient and I'm very happy that this option is available. Some people are just finding out about the CDs so are asking for CDs 12. I have about 10 left of each--I have 150 of CDs 34!--so if you want them please let me know right away. If there is a demand for more I'll have to do another edition later. Thanks to all for your little notes of appreciation. The Professor is pleased to know that we are grateful to him. By the way, we are just putting The Romance of Lace by Thomas Wright on the site. No more scanning for me until after I get back--whee! I hope to meet lots of you in Prague. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] ordering CDs
I will be leaving for OIDFA and France on July 8. If you are planning to order CDs, please allow enough time for me to receive payment from you and get them sent out before I leave. I won't be back home until August 6, so although I will certainly be able to receive orders (which will simply sit in the bin at the Post Office with all my other mail), I won't be able to send any CDs out until after I get back. Since there are still a little more than two weeks left before I leave, I'm just letting you know my schedule. It is very gratifying to both the Professor and me that so many of you think that what we are doing is useful. I always let him know that you are sending him your thanks, and he appreciates it. As for me, I have learned so much and met so many interesting people as a result of this project that I am very grateful to you all. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Cantu
Some time ago the book on Cantu Lace (Punto Venezia/Venetian Lace) was mentioned. I have just been asked to review it for Halcyon (http://www.halcyonyarn.com/), which as some of you may know is a very good weaving supplies, knitting, etc etc shop here in Bath, Maine. They also carry some lace supplies--a good pillow, decent bobbins, and a few books. If you are travelling to Maine this summer, I urge you to drop by: it's well worth it! But to get back to the Cantu book. Now that I have seen it, I can tell you a bit of what it contains. First of all, it is of a very high quality. It comes in two parts: the main hardback book, written in both Italian and English, and which gives a nice historical overview and includes ten lessons in the technique of Cantu lace, with pattern sheets on (nice heavy card) to match. The second part is a beginning lesson teaching the hook or basic element in Cantu lace. It contains pattern sheets and, best of all, a video. This last is quite remarkable in its professional quality and beginner-friendly tuition. The teacher, whose hands work slowly, clearly, and carefully, is the Italian speaker, and there are English subtitles which are very accurate. This is not meant to be a plug for Halcyon, Inc. But they asked me to write a short review of the book, so I thought I would share it. This book is carried by most of our suppliers, I'm sure. It is very expensive, but Jeri assures me that the cost of postage from Europe is the reason for that. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Good news!
At long last, CD3 and CD4 are ready for shipment. This time, they will be sent together as a pair, packaged in a double jewel case. The cost is the same as before, but as a pair, not singly. So total for both would be $20 plus postage ($2 for domestic, $4 for international), a total of either $22 or $24, wherever you may be. Sorry that this has taken so long. There was a problem with the duplicating hardware, but it's all fine now, and the man has done his usual fine job. I know that some of you asked to be notified when the new CDs were to come out, but it would be a lot easier for me just to hear from you individually and privately. I will send you my mailing address when I hear from you. For the benefit of people who have trouble getting dollars, I still have my PayPal account. For the rest, please plan to send checks on American banks: I have to pay a fee for every PayPal transaction so need to limit it to those who really need it. One of the delights of this project has been collecting all your names (I'm trying to be very business-like) and then putting faces to names, as I was able to do in Germany recently. Hope to hear from you soon. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace books in various languages
When I was in both Germany and France, the same question came up from local lacemakers: We don't read English, so why should we bother with the Professor's site? (Of course, they didn't say it quite like that, but the meaning was pretty clear.) So I wrote the Prof and asked him if there was any way to find out what books/articles/etc were written in what languages. He replied immediately with the directions to that information on his site, and I checked it out. Fabulous! So if you are French and wondering what is in French, or German and wondering what is in German--or, Tamara, if you want a Polish reference, here is the address: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/languages.html This will give you all the references on the site, not just the lace ones, so you may have to do a bit of picking and choosing, but some of the ones we don't usually look at are really quite fascinating. Remember, we lacemakers are late arrivals to the site: the bulk of the work has been weaving documents of all sorts. We are just lucky that the Professor decided to take us on--and very grateful to him. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the German lace Kongress and other delights
Thanks to Ilske, I was able to spend a perfectly delightful time at the German lace Kongress. The weather was consistently beautiful for the five days there and for the rest of my stay in France afterwards. I like what the German group does, and the workshop we took was very much what I have found to be typical of the laces and lacemakers I have met there. It was imaginative and colorful and gave me new things to think about especially in the realm of transparency. When two or even more colored laces are laid over each other, all sorts of possibilities spring to mind, and the samples we saw were quite inspiring. I am so grateful to Ilske for having made this possible for me. My German is pretty much limited to the days of the week and counting up to 100, so being with Ilske and Peter, both of whose English is excellent, was a real help for me. Besides our class, of course, there were many other things to see. There were a couple of exhibits of fans and one filled with peacocks, and of course the salesroom was what you might expect: glorious! There was a student exhibit which really appealed to me: the teacher had encouraged the students to observe and think about waterfalls, and the designs which resulted were really lovely small works of art. After my delightful time in Germany, I went to visit Josette in her lovely new house in Burgundy, and we roamed the countryside looking at chateaux and mansions and other such goodies. We even found a neat yarn and embroidery shop right in the middle of the nearest town: yum! I also went through her books and coiffe collection and just had a marvelous time accepting and enjoying her warm hospitality. How fortunate I am to have made so many kind friends through lacemaking! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a little tip from the German workshop I took
This is my last posting, I promise. But I wanted to tell you about the little trick I saw one of the members of my class using when she wanted to wind heavy thread--lumpy knitting yarn, actually--onto a standard-sized bobbin. You know the clips that we are all using in our hair these days? Well, they come in a teeny weeny size as well as the usual sizes we generally see, and you can clip one of them onto a bobbin to keep odd threads, maybe even metallics, from slipping off and getting all tangled up. It really works, and if you get the smallest ones you can find, with the least decoration, they don't seem to get in the way of each other when making lace. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a small Italian publisher
The Professor has just sent the following on to me, thinking someone might be interested. It sounds quite intriguing, so I thought I should pass it on: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 27 08:46:28 2004 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:41:09 +0800 Subject: Cantu Lace From: 4press [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Mrs/Sir, we are a new small italian publisher. We have published the first volume of a serie devoted on Cantu Lace, and a course on videocassettes. We previde special offers and reductions for who buys several books and videos. In the attached file you can find some details as well as on our website: www.fourpress.it If you think you can be interested on selling or distributing it, we will be glad to be at your disposal for any further information. Looking foreward to hear from you, Luigi Viazzo Fo(u)r Press Editions, Via Parini, 6 - 22100 COMO - ITALY tel /fax +39.031.273423w [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fourpress.it I checked out the site and found it could be read in English. What do you think? Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] The Professor's site
For anyone who may not have the site address handy, it is: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Please do check it out, because there are lots more books newly added to the list. The Professor scanned a number of very interesting articles from the early part of the century--you'll recognize some of the distinguished names--and thanks to Vibeke Ervo and Karen Thompson he has just added some old pattern books, including a lot of filet. I have just come back from Washington and Philadelphia and have just sent him a CD of my scannings there. We now have the complete Needle and Bobbin Club collection, and all the lace articles will be in the lace area on the site as soon as he gets them finished. I also scanned Mincoff and Marriage, so when he has worked his magic on that it will also be on the site. On another note, I have had some problems with CDs arriving damaged: not many, but enough to make a dent in my confidence, so I may be reconsidering the packaging I've been using to date. I will try to keep the postage costs the same, but if I have to increase the price by a dollar or so I hope people will understand. We have almost enough for two more CDs, but I've been holding off publishing them until the older ones seem to have filled the market. Also, I get pretty much overwhelmed when the orders come in for a new CD, so want to wait until I know I'm home for a while. My next trip, in April, is to join our dear friend Ilske at the German Lace Guild's convention in Bad Pyrmont. I can hardly wait! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] filet lace and more
The Professor has just done a marvelous job of getting all ten of the books that Vibeke sent me onto his web site. He suggests that those who want to see the whole collection at once go to his Page of the Month at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/this_month.html It is really a marvellous collection, with several books on filet lace, a history or two, and other nice laces. These books are in German, Dutch, and Danish, but I didn't find them difficult to figure out. Lots of pictures and diagrams, and three sets of pattern sheets with all sorts of goodies to look at. He took special pains to get all this work done for us despite the fact that he is absolutely swamped with piles of other things to attend to. We are so lucky to have him and his expertise! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] filet guipure
Once again,the list has come up with a subject I am working on! Vibeke lent me several books on filet to scan and they are all very interesting. There are even pattern sheets to go with three of them. They won't appear on the site for a little while yet--I'm still in the middle of scanning and proofing. Then the scans get sent to the Professor for his corrections, so it will be a few weeks before you see them. But keep an eye out: they'll be there soon. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Armenian lace
Interesting that this subject should have come up just now. I have received a group of books through the kind offices of Vibeke Ervo and Karen Thomson, and one of them is all about the Armenian lace of the 19th and 20th centuries. Lots of nice pictures and part of the text has been translated into Russian, French,and English. This book has a publication date of 1966, which as you all know is out of the safe copyrighted period we usually work in (pre-1923). I told this to the Professor, and he said that he could take a chance of putting it on his web site, but it couldn't go onto a CD. All the more reason for everyone to keep watching the site. (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html) I have just come back from a few days of scanning in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia University (used to be the School of Textiles) has a beautiful new library full of luscious lace books to scan. I only had time to do five more Bulletins of the Needle and Bobbin Club, which brings us up to within five issues of having the entire collection. Again, check the web site. The Professor has put all the articles of special interest to lacemakers in our section, but all of them are to be found on his main page. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] A message from the Professor
This should help all of us keep abreast of what is going on. From the Professor this afternoon: All the recent books are on the Web, via the Page of the Month. The Arachnids should look at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/weavedocs.html every so often. I think you will find some books of interest which have just been added: the Goubaud book recently mentioned on Arachne, and Queen Marie's book on tatting. Plus others... Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a Canadian lacemaker needs help
I hope that there is someone in Quebec who can help a French-Canadian lacemaker find her way onto PayPal. She wants very much to get the CDs, but I don't know that she can work her way through the directions on PayPal. It would be much easier for her, I think, if someone whose primary language is French could help her through it. I have been writing to her in French, but without knowing her language strength in English I don't know that I can be as helpful as someone up there might. Please answer privately if you have a suggestion. Thanks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] books for the CDs
Dear Jenny on the lookout for old books for us)-- Thanks so much for spotting that book. These sorts of things seem to have been put out by various thread-making companies at that time: we've seen others, but probably not as nice. The thing is, we can get so many books through InterLibrary Loan here in the US that we have not had to buy any. Kind friends also have been lending me books to scan, so at the moment I'm pretty well booked ahead. It is really helpful, however, to have you and others keep your eagle eyes open on our behalf. I welcome suggestions, even if I don't get to locating and scanning them right away. I do have a request: if anyone has access to old copies of the Needle and Bobbin Club publication, we are still lacking some of the early ones. I was able to find some of them, but they had been bound together and there wasn't enough space left on the inner margin to make scanning possible. If anyone thinks she/he might have an old one floating about which might be lent for this project, I would be very grateful to hear from her/him. Here is the list of still-unlocated issues as of December 28, 2003: yearvol no 1916 1 1 1917 2 1 1919 3 1 1919 3 2 1920 4 2 1921 5 2 1922 6 1 1927 11 2 1928 12 2 1931 15 ? 193216 1 When we find these, our collection will be complete. In the meantime, many of these are posted on the Professor's site. He has put them all onto the basic site (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/) and has singled out the lace articles for the lace part of his site (http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html). While I am scanning books (Palliser and Jackson are the latest), he is going through stacks of old magazines, and many of the fascinating articles written at the turn of the century are already posted on the lace site. I hope you will find them as fascinating as I do. Thanks to you all for your support in this project. It is hard work, to be sure, but absolutely addictive! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] CD payment
The orders are pouring in! Thanks to all. I hope you are happy with both CDs. And keep on checking the Professor's site: he adds more every day! http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html There is one thing I would like to reiterate. I have set up a PayPal account for anyone who doesn't have access to US funds. I have to pay a fee for each transaction, so it would really help if people in the US could send me checks on US banks instead of using PayPal. Sorry if I seem chintzy, but I am trying very hard to keep the cost of these CDs down to a price which seems right to me. Please understand that this is by no means a requirement, just a plea for understanding. Thanks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a new Arachnid from Italy
One of the most delightful results of all this CD business is the new people I am meeting. Bianca is a specialist in the works of Elisa Ricci and we have enjoyed a very happy correspondence. Here is the note she sent me when I told her that she would enjoy Arachne and would make valuable contributions to all of us with her extensive knowledge of Italian lace. Also, as you see, she writes beautiful English! Aren't we lucky to have her with us! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dear Tess, yes, I want to know more about Arachne. So, please, give me the internet address and some informations about it. I am a mathematical teacher, did I tell you?, and I love lace. I'm not a lacemaker but I'm learning - just for fun - Aemilia Ars needle lace (I'm 56 and my teacher is 89 years old: she is a very expert and a very special woman). Elisa Ricci wrote the introduction to 'Merletti e Ricami dell'Aemilia Ars' (I have the first edition but: 1929, sorry!) and two or three years ago I began to search and study about her. Her life... like a movie! I wrote an article and a bibliographie. Someone said she was an art-writer : she studied and wrote about lace as an art but also she helped very much her husband, Corrado Ricci. Corrado Ricci was a writer, an art writer, he ordered the most important pinacothecs in Italy (Parma, Milano-Brera, Firenze-Uffizi ecc.), he was for some years the General Director of Fine Arts, he was an archeologist too. He wrote almost 1000 (one thousand!) books and articles. Bianca P.S. Elisa Ricci wrote her first articles with the pseudonyme 'Aracne',.. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Needle and Bobbin Club
As some of you may know, the Professor is trying to assemble a complete collection of the Needle and Bobbin Club publication. He has done a marvelous job so far, and we have been lucky enough to receive a few from generous friends. But I thought there might be someone on Arachne, or someone who knows someone, who might have any or some of the volumes he is missing and be willing to share them for a short scanning time. Here is the list: YearVol Nos 1916 1 1 1916 1 2 1917 2 1 1917 2 2 1918 3 1 1919 3 2 1920 4 1 1920 4 2 1921 5 2 1922 6 1 1922 6 2 1927 11 2 1928 12 2 1931 15 1932 16 1 1933 17 1 1942 26 2 1948 32 1963 47 Please answer me privately about this. I would be very grateful for any copies, offers, or leads you might have. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] a note from the Professor
As you all know, I have been posting the address for the Professor's site to all lacemakers as http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html This is still correct, but when I sent him a copy of the article which just came out in OIDFA, he wrote me the following: Tess: One thing I worry about is directing folks to lace.html. They may never know there is more to the Web site and things of interest elsewhere (like nb complete issues and the current monthly page). Better would be to direct persons to weavedocs.html for an overview of the site and to lace.html for lace-specific documents. Ralph p.s. Remember there is nothing special about lace.html. It is one of 60 or 70 topical pages. For example, there is a page for embroidery also. What he means about NB is that he is in the midst of scanning all the copies of the Needle and Bobbin Club Bulletins from years and years back--a momentous job!--and he wants everyone to know that he has lots and lots of other stuff on his site. So take a look when you have hours to spend. By the way, if anyone has any copies of the NB that they might be able to lend for scanning, or that they might be willing to scan for us, please contact me. He is missing quite a few issues, and I can look on the list and see if he needs yours. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Lowes
Sadly, this is the book which was put together so badly that it couldn't be scanned. The problem is in the binding which causes a deep ripple to appear in every page. I tried all sorts of tricks to smooth it out, but it still wouldn't come up with a clear scan. This is in every copy of the book I have seen. If anyone has a copy which doesn't have the ripple, I would love to borrow it to scan for the Professor's site. Agnes offered it to me, but hers is like the others. Tess (tess1929) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace sample books
Does anyone have access to any lace sample books which might be scanned for the Professor's site--and subsequently for CD 4? He has just asked me if I could find out, and I thought that perhaps some of our English or European friends might have a suggestion. He found one listed for sale-- US$ 6543.76! To be sure, there were 20,000 samples in 26 ledgers, but that's a bit more than I want to scan! CD 2 goes off to the printer next week. CD 3 is almost ready, and CD 4 is half full. We have unleashed a monster! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace design portfolio
Thanks, Sue, for the suggestion. That certainly is just up my alley for inclusion on the Professor's list. However, any books or articles, or patterns for that matter, have to have been published before 1923 to be eligible for the site, in case you find something you think I could include. So this one wouldn't work Do keep looking and please let me know if you find anything. I can either borrow anything anyone might want to lend me (I'll gladly pay the postage) or try to find it on interlibrary loan. Vibeke has been wonderful about lending me books, and I have had loans from several other people, all of which I really appreciate. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Needle and Bobbin Club for scanning
Didn't I just see something on Arachne about this? I am trying to find a source for the Needle and Bobbin Club collection. The Professor says we can scan it. Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone who might lend it to me? I photocopied all the lace articles some years ago, but the illustrations are not up to scannable quality. Thanks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Old Italian Lace by Elisa Ricci
I have the great pleasure of announcing that both volumes of Ricci are now on the Professor's site. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html#R This has been a very long effort for both of us, and he has been more than patient with my computer ignorance. Besides being grateful to him for his work on our behalf, we must all thank Jeri. It was she who allowed these precious volumes to live in my house all summer long and who never said a word about what scanning might do to damage her precious books. It is this kind of sharing and good will which makes me think that for all the scary stuff we read in the papers and see on TV, most people are really pretty nice. If you are interested in freehand lace, by the way, you will see examples of it toward the end of the second volume in the section on Abruzzi lace. Vibeke will probably tell us of other examples as well. Now that this is done, we are beginning to gather everything together to produce CD 2, and I promise to let everyone know when it is ready, probably in a month or six weeks. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] lace stamps
The Professor has asked me if I know anything about lace stamps. He says: Tess: It's not so much that I'm interested in stamps as it is that they are considered important ephemera. The American Textile Association even has a membership category for it. I will put any images I can get on my Web site, although probably not immediately. If Arachne has anything along this line to contribute, I'd welcome it. If interested Arachnids send URLs of Web pages that have suitable images, I'll do the image fetching. Ralph I have certainly read the postings over the years on the subject, but it not being my primary interest I haven't really paid enough attention. If anyone wants to contribute to his web site with pictures or information about the many lace stamps out there, both old and new, he would be most grateful. Please write me privately. It's nice to know that we can do something for him after all he is doing for us. By the way, he also collects old postcards on his site, but I think they have to be old and no longer copyrighted (before 1923, that is). Just to keep you up to date, both volumes of Ricci have been sent to him. The first is on line now, and he is working on the second. There will be a slight delay on this one because he has to work on two books which have to be returned next week. These are both from Vibeke, one a Treatise on Lace in English, and the other a very long one in German by one M. Dreger, with lots and lots of pictures as well as text. Tess( tess [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Ricci Vol 1
Again, thanks to you all for your comments and encouragement. I know a little about lace, but not anything about computers, so when something doesn't look right to me I hesitate to tell the Professor what I am thinking. However, armed with your emails, I told him that his first efforts wouldn't do (well, I was nicer than that), and he worked some more magic and came up with work that is quite acceptable (his term). And fortunately for me, Jeri was here this afternoon and was able to look over the results of his work and has passed on it. We compared the page in the book with the two versions of his processing, and we saw that the detail now available corresponds very well with the written page. So here you go--Volume 1 of Elissa Ricci's Old Italian Lace: it is under Books on the web site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html And don't forget, this will all be on CD 2. But first, I have to finish Volume 2. I'm about halfway through. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking - Rosemary Shepherd
I just checked with Halcyon in Bath, Maine, USA, and they still have four new copies for sale: $20 plus $6.95 shipping (sounds like a lot for shipping--oh, well). You can call them at 1-800-341-0282 or email at www.halcyonyarn.com. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] interesting thought on pins, etc
I have just come across a comment by Elisa Ricci in Old Italian Lace in which she speculates that in the early days when pins didn't exist as we know them, or were hard to get, the lacemakers may well have used the fine nails which were in common use. She bases this idea on the large size of the pinholes in the Le Pompe, etc, diagrams. Interesting idea, anyway. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] A report from the Professor
The Professor has just sent me the following: I just did a quick check on downloads for this year through the end of July. The book downloaded the most number of times was Parasole -- 219 copies. Other books range from the high 100s down to 29 each. For periodicals it ranges from 286 down to 6 each. This is a rough measure -- I don't have a manageable way to identify all downloads of lace documents unless their names identify them. But, in any event, a lot. I don't think he realized what an eager bunch we all are when he first undertook to take us on. Remember, in the beginning he didn't even know what lace is! By now, he is an expert at finding suitable books and other publications, scouring the old/used bookstores for us and scanning madly. Being the kind of guy he is, the number of hits to his site means more to him than any amount of praise. However, rest assured that I do forward the kind thoughts you send him and he appreciates them, I know. For the information of those of us who are interested in other textiles, here is his URL for the rest of what he does: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topics.html You will be amazed! We are so lucky to have him in our camp! Here is the lace URL for those who don't have it yet: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html And for my part, the first volume of Ricci has been scanned: on to the second! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] the library at the Arts Decoratifs
Before I tell you of my success at the library, I think this will be a real test of the new system of sending and receiving emails to Arachne. I have the hardest problem of all: a Mac running OS 10.2. I sure hope it will work. But be warned, if it does work, you'll be hearing from me more often! Yesterday was the culmination for me of two years of frustrating research on the donations Mme Normant made to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in 1902. I had written and called and done everything else I could think of to get someone to access the files and see what and when she had donated the items. All frustratingly without results. So, thanks to Jeri's telling us that the library of the Arts Decoratifs was open (after six years of renovation), I went down there yesterday afternoon and in under two hours got all I wanted to know. Mme Normant (my son in law's great grandmother) donated a Point de France flounce and an 18th century dress to the museum in 1902 and a number of household items in 1920, probably when she had gotten old and was retiring to the country. The flounce has been mentioned many times in many publications (Pat Wardle's reference is the latest in her book 75X), but I hadn't known of the dress. The information the museum gave me included a long list of references of publications in which the dress has appeared. Nothing was available in their files on the flounce because it hasn't yet been catalogued on line, but I think I have found most of them on my own. Now, for the information on the library. (The museum itself is closed, so don't bother with that. They are reorganizing and re-storing everything, so who knows when it will open again.) You can access their site at http://www.bibliothequedesartsdecoratifs.com/ and can see what they have put on line. It's good, but only deals with fairly new stuff, not the old things I was looking for. They are open Tuesday through Sunday, other info listed on the site. Anyone can go in, and they are very friendly. You can get a two-day pass with no trouble just by showing your passport or other photo ID, and a two-year researcher's pass with only the presentation of a photo to go on the ID card they will give you. Mme Sartre is the head librarian, and it was she who went to all the trouble to contact the man upstairs for the files I needed. There are many huge albums of lace pictures in the Collection Maciet, right there in the reading room to leaf through at will. #288 are the laces, many volumes. If you are in Paris, be sure to go there. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] bobbins
For those who are interested in bobbins, be sure to check out the Professor's web site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html We are all very fortunate that Brian Lemin has donated a number of articles he has written on the subject. They can be found by scrolling down to the last section, Documents Created for Online Publication. Brian will be sending more articles, so keep watching. For those who haven't met Brian on Arachne, he has spent many years collecting and documenting bobbins, their construction, repair, and so on. He tells us that if he can find a publisher he hopes to get his book printed. In the meantime, however, he has generously donated a great deal of his work to the Professor's site, which will eventually find its way to the next CD. I urge you to take a look. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
