Re: [lace] thorns etc.--fishbones

2011-05-30 Thread L.Snyder
Nancy; What about Sturgeon bones. Were they not plentiful in the European rivers? They habe a spiney back don't they? Lauren in Washinton state, where it is FINALLY sort of sunny! On 5/30/2011 1:43 PM, Nancy Neff wrote: One last (perhaps) comment on the use of fishbones. I worked as a paleo-

Re: [lace] thorns etc.--fishbones

2011-05-30 Thread Nancy Neff
m Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 9:30:24 AM Subject: [lace] thorns etc. On the Arizona site you can find the book by Sophie Davydoff: 'La dentelle russe, histoire, technique, statistique' (Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1895). Look at plate A you will see thorns of wild pear used as pins in

[lace] thorns etc.

2011-05-23 Thread Vibeke Ervo
On the Arizona site you can find the book by Sophie Davydoff: 'La dentelle russe, histoire, technique, statistique' (Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1895). Look at plate A you will see thorns of wild pear used as pins in the Minsk area of Russia. In the OIDFA Bulletin 4/1999 p. 46 you can see a lace