In a message dated 5/30/06 9:05:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The earliest documented date I have heard so far is 1840's. Dan > Russch-Fischer doesn't post much on any of the lists I'm on any more, but > his page > > http://www.tribbler.com/tatman/ > > includes early printed references. Click on "Misc" at the bottom, then > scroll down to "In Print". > Dear Lacemakers (especially historians), I do not have Mrs. Jane Gaugain's 1842 volume cited at the beginning of Mark's site. However, I do have one by her, dated 1847: "Lady's Knitting, Netting & Crochet Book - Vol. I". Tess may have scanned it for the Professor's site; I do not remember. Inside cover lists "Works of Mrs Gaugain, already Published, as follows: "VOL. I. Lady's Assistant in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work - 8th thousand, price 5s. 6d. ---- "VOL. II. Lady's Assistant in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Worsted Work, Raised Cut Work, and Tatting - 5th thousand, price 10s.6d. "Accompaniment to Second Volume: or a Book of Prints illustrating all the Open Stitches described in Vol. II.; with a number of New and Beautiful Specimens of Knitting - 4th thousand, price 2s. 6d. ---- "VOL. III. Lady's Assistant in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet work. Illustrated by upwards of 70 patterns - 2nd thousand, price 10s.6d. without plates; with plates, 12s. 6d. "The Knitters' Friend; being a Selection of Receipts for the most Useful and Saleable Articles in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work - 2nd thousand, price 2s. 6d. "Miniature Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Book - 27th thousand, price one shilling. "Crochet D'Oyley Book - price 6d. And, Crochet Collar Book - price 6d. ---- "The Materials requisite for the various Receipts in Mrs. Gaugain's Works, can be forwarded by post, or otherwise, to any part of the kingdom, on receiving a remittance, or post-office order, for the amount of goods required." ----------------------------- The book I have is cloth bound (which probably contributed to it's survival), 250 pages tipped in gold on all 3 exposed edges, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" (would fit nicely into a work box or bag). In the back is a list of patronesses and subscribers, alphabetically arranged - starting with: Her Majesty The Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta Carolina followed by a long list of titled ladies, then the ordinary subscribers. Altogether charming instructions using materials unfamiliar to us today for items long out of fashion. The publisher is I. J. Gaugain (a family member?), and it was published in Edinburgh. I purchased this in 2001 from a collector in the small coastal Scottish town of Stone Haven. Above information may be of value to those who have an interest in reproducing items from before 1850, or in seeking the volumes for their own collection. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
