I just posted a piece on LaceNews about 4 new stamps just issued by France
on mechanical lace. Actual pieces of lace are glued to the stamps.
Laurie
http://lacenews.net
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It appears that it was sometimes the case that there were books that
combined needle lace or embroidery patterns with calligraphy. I know that some
scholars have made the point that the era coincides with rising female
literacy.
I think the point has also been made that after female liter
Interesting about the alphabet. Italian still does not use 'j' except
in imported words.
The collection seems to be an exercise book for writing, including the
ornamentation around the script. Was it intended as a lace book as
such?
I haven't studied it thoroughly and the only date I found at first
Many thanks Tess. It is exciting to leaf a book dated 1604.
I am thinking on Rosemary Shephered...
Kind regards
Carolina. Barcelona. Spain
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Carolina de la Guardia
http://www.carolgallego.com
Witch Stitch Lace
El 11/10/2011 9:44, tess parrish escribió:
I have been downloading lace books fr
I have some philatelic items on the topic lace that I donât need and would
like to raffle. They didnât sell on ebay but I donât like to throw them
away. I will pay the postage to anywhere in the world. You can see all items
on five scans here:
www.ebay.com/itm/300606310944?ssPageName=STRK:ME
Thanks again, Tess, for all your hard work.
What I found interesting as a linguist, was the alphabet on page 81 - no J -
U - W yet.
In those days functioned as J, and V as U/V/W.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
I have been downloading lace books from Archive.org, all of which will
eventuall
Just as well I have never heard of BIZ.
My skin has enough to cope with already.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
There is another reason to be cautious about BIZ. A largish minority of
people have a strong allergic reaction to it. One of my sisters and I
both
had severe contact dermatitis
Thank you so much, Tess. So beautiful drawings... and the sentences in the
center... I have downloaded it, to look at it slowly later on.
Best wishes,
Antje González (Spain)
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I have been downloading lace books from Archive.org, all of which will
eventually find their way onto the "Arizona archives", and I came upon
one today which I think will interest all those who are looking for
the very oldest books. This one, apparently a collection by more than
one scribe
