Re: [lace] Vintage lace shopping
I would like to put in a good word for lace samples. While I have always admired old lace, I never could afford anything that I saw. Then I discovered a lace dealer at the convention that had small samples that were well within my price range. Now I have a small collection of a number of different types of lace. I have placed them in acid free page protectors (the kind used for trading cards) with an index card of information in the adjoining pocket. I have had hours of entertainment examining them under a magnifyling glass and comparing them to my books. My next goal (after having read Pat Earnshaw's books on machine lace) is to find some samples of those. This have given me an affordable way to be able to collect. Liz Raleigh, NC, USA - 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] Vintage lace shopping
Thats a lovely site Vickie, but I think postage to UK would make them too expensive for me, but enjoyed looking anyway. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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
RE: [lace] Vintage lace shopping
I think that because we appreciate antique things nowadays, it is not a good practice to cut them up, saying that, because we knew no better my sisters and I cut up a 20's black beaded dress that we were given by an old neighbour to use the beads to make jewellery, wish I had it now. Sue M Harvey Norfolk 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
Re: [lace] Vintage lace shopping
The laces on this link www.maureensvintageacquisitions.com under bits and pieces, are what we name Meterware - laces in long parts. At least one ot them is mechanical lace and the others could be worked in Asia. Such products are made to cut in pieces therefore it isn't something we should be worried about. Another thing is when old laces for the decolte from a dress or those Berthe collars are cut in pieces to sell easier, because the whole thing would be to expensive. Ilske - 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] Vintage lace shopping
Hi: I have a little problem with any craft that involves cutting up something that is not easily replaceable. In hindsight the destruction can be terrible. For example, many very early books (even some illuminated medieval manuscripts) were destroyed in the 19th century because it was a popular children's amusement to cut them up to get the pretty decorated initials out, which were then glued into little albums. Sigh. But think of the millions of yards of machine lace that have been made. Some designs are very pretty but they're still not museum pieces. This merchant is selling the lace at about $10 to $15 a yard, so she probably paid about half that (or less) to acquire the lace. Some of it may be a treasure but what I see on the website doesn't seem to be. If she can buy it for $5 a yard, why shouldn't she, and why shouldn't she then cut it up and sell it if she can? Of course there's always the possibility that she'll find some wonderful 18th-century piece for two dollars at a garage sale, buy it and cut it up, but how would you stop her from doing that? I personally don't want to create a society where somebody has the power to stop me from doing what I want with my own stuff. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) This site raises the question to me of selling cut-off pieces of antique lace. I can think of arguments both for against this practice. What do those of you on Arachne think about 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
