Re: [lace] A Challenge:

2010-02-16 Thread robinlace
What will it take to open these treasures up to research? Is this the next big project for Arachne? Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Another issue no-one's mentioned yet is credentials. You may know how to study lace without harming it, and you may be passionately dedicated to finding

RE: [lace] A Challenge: was... Tallies in 17th c lace

2010-02-15 Thread Kim Davis
ssage- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 6:32 PM To: Nancy Neff Cc: Tamara P Duvall; Lace Arachne Subject: [lace] A Challenge: was... Tallies in 17th c lace Does anyone out there have even a *tiny* idea abo

[lace] A Challenge: was... Tallies in 17th c lace

2010-02-15 Thread Clay Blackwell
Does anyone out there have even a *tiny* idea about how much the lace world could gain if the holders of the few remaining bits of early laces would, in the interest of art and knowledge, allow the scholars among us to use images and their own research to illuminate the structures of the early