In a message dated 6/30/04 4:17:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> The address to write to is, Mrs. C. McFadzean,Barn Cottage, Broadway,
> Woodbury, EXETER, Devon .
> EX51NY. e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> As Sonja said previously, the book gives the history of a find at the
> Woodbury village school of a Lace dealers bag containing over 700
> samples of lace. 40 of the patterns have been recreated in this first
> book, most of them are point ground laces. My copy only arrived this
> morning so I'm going to read it now!
> Jean in Cleveland U.K.
>
Dear Lacemakers,
When the story of these laces first appeared on Arachne, I realized I had
read the story elsewhere - most probably, in The Lace Guild's Bulletin. Perhaps
people interested can look it up in their stash of Bulletins (from the U.K.,
or maybe your local Guild keeps them.
It is a wonderful story, and illustrative of how easy it has been to lose
periods of the history of lace and lacemakers.
Please keep your eyes and opinions open when you have opportunities to save
old laces. Perhaps you do not know a lot about old laces, but you have about
1,000 Arachnes to consult before the lace is relegated to trash or burning!
They often look terrible before they have been cleaned up. Then, they can be
very presentable. If every lace that was shoved in a dirty cardboard box or
paper bag was destroyed, we would all be much the poorer for it. There is much
to be learned from old laces, and we now have the opportunity to greatly
magnify them to unravel their secrets.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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