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From: Jeri Ames Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:16 PM To: lace@arachne.com Cc: devonth...@gmail.com; suebabbs...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [lace] Samplers Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (Someone please acknowledge this message, so interested people can look for it in today's archive.) Thank you, Louise Bailey.  Our needlework history is important.  Stitched samplers - documents - also help with genealogy research about our ancestors. In the U.S., the Sampler Archive Project is currently attempting to document all American samplers, which is to be a great free data base available to all.  There is a 20-page pdf describing this at: https://www.neh.gov/files/grants/university_of_delaware_the_sampler_archive_p roject.pdf and, this is also interesting: https://www1.udel.edu/researchmagazine/issue/vol3_no1_humanities/stitches_in_ time.html  It is possible the U.K.'s samplers are also being documented by researchers.  The historic samplers held in the U.K.'s museums have received a great deal of attention in my library, with comprehensive references sent to Arachne in August 2014. Some remarkable samplers are executed in needle lace.  If interested, please go to our archive for references: https://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/msg45965.html Carol Humphrey, the Honorary Keeper of Textiles at The Fitzwilliam, is a recognized expert on "Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth"  (no lace).  You can G**gl* search that title to learn about her 2006 232-page hardback published by Needleprint, ISBN 978-0-9552086-1-4.  You'll not find needle lace samplers.  You will find marking and literacy samplers - alphabets, lists of family members, texts inspired by religion, maps, and their famous medallion designs that could be reproduced today into wonderful cross stitched ornaments. You can also access Amazon to see what is currently available by Carol Humphrey, as recommended by Louise. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/