Sorry for the typo on Lepoglava lace last time. I have now seen Pauline's example again, it is a bobbin part lace, with a ground of bobbin plaits joining the separte motifs, but as it is mounted, we cannot see the back to find out if the threads cross behind.
Our trip ended in the far north-eastern corner of the country at Isijek (pronounced Ishek). Here we had hoped to see the gold-embroidery wokshops, but once again, were told that even if we managed to get to the remote gold workshops, we would not see anything. We began to wonder exactly where all the lace and embroidery is made. Outworkers, or some unknown factory?? However, we did find a textile shop right opposite our hotel, selling the gold embroidery and I bought a small but very nice picture of a gold-thread motif. Once again, we forced our way into the Ethnographic Museum. It too was barred shut, but I noticed an intercom and spoke into it. 'Two English Ladies to visit your Museum!' and sure enough, someone came and unlocked the door and let us in. 19th and early 20th century costume accessories included some lace and there was one beautiful costume dress, but no more, the vast collection was in store to make way for a War Museum. I did buy the Museum catalogue, so all was not lost. We enjoyed our last Sunday here before flying home, just relaxing, watching tennis in the park, walking by the river and eating our salad on a moored boat. I can recommend this country to anyone, the people are kind and helpful and the buses run on time. If we had booked at Festival time, we might have seen more costumes and dancing, but then, all would have been too busy and no-where to stay. Angela -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3098 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
