Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,> ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. Here's its number:-> 4607628501 It's just called "Lace" by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Interesting. I have this one (softcover), bought it at a lace day off a rummage table for $5.00 a year ago. Took it to the lace-con to try to sell at that same price, there was another copy for sale also at that price. No takers for either. I notice the original price was $9.95 :) I really ought to read my copy! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
This was a book I bought early in my lacemaking adventure. I spotted it an an antique fair in Florida and bargained the price down to $8 as I pointed out that it was only $9.95 new. It was a soft back in very good condition. The dealer used it to distinguish laces she was trying to sell but she was going out of business. I rarely look at now as my bookcase has lots of other lace books. Janice On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,> ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. > Here's its number:-> 4607628501 > It's just called "Lace" by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
If your going to buy it, I'd check at amazon.com first I just got it for 2.35 and with shipping it works out to just under 5.00 total! lynn/MI - Original Message - From: "Janice Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB This was a book I bought early in my lacemaking adventure. I spotted it an an antique fair in Florida and bargained the price down to $8 as I pointed out that it was only $9.95 new. It was a soft back in very good condition. The dealer used it to distinguish laces she was trying to sell but she was going out of business. I rarely look at now as my bookcase has lots of other lace books. Janice On 7/20/06, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ,> ... around Ebay, I noticed a great book for sale there. Here's its number:-> 4607628501 It's just called "Lace" by Virginia Churchill BATH (1979). Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
In a message dated 7/21/06 1:27:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If your going to buy it, I'd check at amazon.com first I just got it > for > 2.35 and with shipping it works out to just under 5.00 total! > lynn/MI > When Bath's book was first published in America in 1974, there was very little available from American authors on the subject of lace. This makes the fact it was even published quite wonderful. Perhaps you all would like more information. Virginia Churchill Bath served on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1952 to 1971 as a lecturer for museum education and as conservator and assistant curator of the Textile Department. She resigned in 1971 to devote more time to writing, exhibiting, and teaching. A painter, needleworker, designer, teacher, and lecturer, she is also the author of "Embroidery Masterworks: Designs and Techniques for Contemporary Application" - from the textile collection of the Art Institute of Chicago - 1972 (Henry Regnery Pub.) and of "Needlework in America - History, Designs and Techniques" - some lace is included in this book in a 24-page chapter called 'White Embroidery and Lace' - 1979 (Viking Press). "Lace - A comprehensive guide to lacemaking - patterns and techniques - as well as a profusely illustrated history of this exquisite, enduring craft" was originally published by Henry Regnery in 1974 in Hardback. In 1979, it was published by Penguin Books with a paper cover. It is the size of an art book. Has diagrams, instructions for lacemaking in 4 categories: network, needle laces, bobbin laces, and mixed laces. Also is an illustrated history of lace, from simple netting of the earliest human societies through the sumptuous laces of the Renaissance to the exquisite 18th and 19th C. products of Alencon, Brussels, Chantilly, and Valenciennes. Also included are some of the best modern textile artists, who are rediscovering lace and whose works demonstrate "lacemaking offers artists as much freedom of personal expression as painting or drawing." Above info quoted from the book. I should add that there are many black and white photographs, an acknowledgements page listing many familiar lace experts (some of whom are still with us) and a long list of references in the Bibliography. 320 pages, so a lot of book for your investment. Those of us who bought the book in the 1970's considered it quite a valuable resource. Many lace books have been written since, so it will be up to you to decide how valuable it is some 30 years after original publication. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB
Dear Jeri, Thanks for the background. I was not aware of the context and this really helps fill in the picture for me. Annette in a cold and damp Wollongong, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 22 July 2006 6:03 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Great Book on Ebay/Lace by VCB When Bath's book was first published in America in 1974, there was very little available from American authors on the subject of lace. This makes the fact it was even published quite wonderful. Perhaps you all would like more information. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
