I wish to make my grandaughter a series of pictures showing dress through the
ages - Stuart, Georgian, Regency etc made in Honiton or Milanese laces.
Can anyone please help and let me know where I may obtain patterns and
instructions.
Many thanks
Regards
Margaret Greenway
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Hi All,
An interesting theme!
I also have an ivory bobbin. One of my father's elder brothers was in the
Army, in India, and brought the bobbin home - I can't verify much about it
now, as he died at the outbreak of war (TB, brought on by service in India,
and playing the trumpet in the
Hi All,
This 'tatty' theme has made me smile in reminiscence! Many years ago,
Essex (UK) Lace Makers used to hold monthly 'At Home' meetings, and one of
the venues was in my home. Someone saw the very grubby and elderly piece
of tatting, still partly attached to shuttle and hanky, and
The Allhallows Museum in Honiton sold (and maybe still does) exactly
what you're looking for. I used to have the set, which is very
beautiful.
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/allhallows/honiton/
On 28 Apr 2008, at 05:35, peter greenway wrote:
I wish to make my grandaughter a series of pictures
Hi Margaret
A few years ago Pat Perryman produced a nice little booklet that might be of
interest to you Twelve periods of fashion in Honiton lace 1400 - 1920
12 designs of ladies in period costume each pricking is accompanied by a
full size photo and some information about the fashion at the
I have a very large collection of old bone lace bobbins but as far as I'm
aware only one old ivory. Certainly your working lacemaker would not have
been able to afford such a luxury.
Give a thought to the missionaries and people such as Miss Channer who could
have acquired locally made ivory
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again everything looks new, so I clicked uplod new than chose the
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time I
Ilske
I think you need to click on your sub-directory first, and then on
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add files
choose the names of the files you want to update
check that the album title is correct with your name in it
then click upload at the bottom of the page.
Finally click on save all edits and view album.
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I have one ivory midlands of the 'spinster' type, very small, smooth
without surface decoration or embellishment, and one ivory honiton bobbin.
I've always suspected they were gifts from India during the Raj.
I'm trained in museum conservation so I did learn how to tell ivory and
bone appart. One
I have a couple of scrimshaw bobbins that I was given, decades and
decades ago, by a sailor (the new husband, or about-to-be-husband of
a lacemaker), bobbins that he made while he was on a long voyage.
They could be made of bone; and they could be made of ivory. I know
nothing about scrimshaw,
Hello, Miss Aurelia -
It might help to know where this lacemaker (and her husband) lived. According
to Wikipedia, scrimshaw, ...is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth
of Sperm Whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. (if
the underlined words show in blue,
As far as modern bobbin makers go, I am aware of a bobbin maker in
England in the 80's who made ivory bobbins. He advertised in the Lace
Guild magazine at the time, and made beautiful bobbins with an
incredible finish. He even carved the bottom part that holds the
spangle...into bells,
You are all founts of information, thank you for all your advice on the half
stitch.
I have started off the half stitch trail without an extra twist as per the
instructions, so I will keep it that way so that it is uniform. But I shall
know what to do in the future.
The handkerchief is
I wrote to the seller of the Romanian point lace piece(s? on ebay, this is the
answer I received.
Hi sorry for being late to respond this piece is ready made it's only one set
that my aunt made. it's one piece for the centre table and 5 small pieces for
small tables
- ayazeji
If this is a set
Scrimshaw is the etching of lines ie. words or pictures into any surface,
but usually ivory. The lines are etched (scraped) into the surface and then
ink is introduced. The excess ink is wiped away leaving that recessed into
the etched lines. Scrimshaw is the art of the etching not the material
The only baleen I have seen was black. Has anyone else seen white baleen?
Lorri
And what is baleen, you ask... Again, according to Wikipedia, it is, ...
not bone, but is composed of keratin, the same substance as hair, horn, claws
and nails... Baleen whales have plates of hairy fringe
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---And what is baleen, you ask... Again, according to Wikipedia, it is, ...
not bone, but is composed of keratin, the same substance as hair, horn, claws
and nails... ---
But baleen is black. I think it can be bleached to medium brown, but I don't
think you
In Alaska I saw baleen many, many times. The Alaskan Inupiat hunt bowhead
whales every year and are entitled to sell the baleen. Long pieces of baleen
displayed on living room walls is a common sight in Alaskan homes. It is
black, 8 to 10 feet long, and looks like a giant fingernail with a
Don't mess with us :)
From: R.P.
One evening, a husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife:
'Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it
would take a few inches off of your butt!'
His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such
a
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