re we have spring like weather.
-Original Message-
>From: Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2007 4:39 AM
>To: Lace
>Subject: [lace] Bedfordshire lace corners
>
>There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from
>the 1900s (which I supp
Since lacemaking has been around for 500 years,
'relatively new' could be a couple hundred years.
More to the point, the book Les Dentelles Aux Fuseaux
by Dillmont has many corner patterns, and the author
died in 1890.
I can't give an earler reference, but I think corners
came in during the fir
There are some Bedfordshire lace samples for sale on ebay, supposedly from
the 1900s (which I suppose could mean any time until 1999), two of those
shown having corners. I was under the impression that corners were a
relatively new development and that lace was gathered prior to their
developme
