Essex Lace Makers’ Lace Day and AGM
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011
Place: Community Center
Spring Lodge, Witham CM8 2HE
Time: 10:00 AM UNTIL 4.00 PM
Speaker: Jan Gardiner, “That’s nice dear, but what do you do with it?”
Tickets: £3.50, Young Lacemakers £2.50
Contact: Mara Webb, 9 Fifth Avenue,
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 4HB
Cheque payable to Essex Lace Makers + SAE
http://tinyurl.com/4m6hb4s Antique Lace Bobbin Winder Primitive Wood Wheel Swifter
Starting price: $99.99
Auction ends: Apr 02, 2011 15:28:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller nukid, Galesburg, Illinois, United States
Comments: Complete English windmill bobbinwinder, all pieces seem to be there. Nice spoked wheel. Does have some wormholes.
Sold for $102.50, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4h3awk6 RARE 17thC MINT 57″ Flanders Binche Bobbin Lace w/PROV
Starting price: $450.00
Auction ends: Apr 03, 2011 11:14:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A good length of early 18th c Valenciennes with fond de neige. I’m not going to speculate on the difference between Valenciennes and Binche, frankly I don’t think we currently have the historical information to tell them apart. This particular piece has a provenance, ex collection of Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. The seller is showing other pieces from her collection. Hard to tell condition, and the blue background isn’t helping. But looks like a reasonable piece; not quite as densely woven as sometimes found.
http://tinyurl.com/4reuynp Unique HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE *66in
Starting price: $55.00
Auction ends: Apr 03, 201118:08:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Nice length of good Belgian needlelace, no raised work, but has some interesting fillings. A few holes in the ground and one seam.
Sold for $153.00, 10 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4a72f2k HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Collar
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Apr 03, 2011 18:36:24 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Good collar of Belgian needlelace, some raised roses, few nice fillings. Not the most ambitious piece, but it works well as a collar. I like the little basket, an unusual departure from all the roses you find in these pieces.
Sold for $138.15, 8 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4oyh7mh HM Antique Vtg SILK MALTESE LACE Collar dress ft
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Apr 03, 2011 18:48:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Nice bold neckpiece. Not really Maltese, I guess I’d call it a Cluny. Not really sure if it is silk. Unusually cordonnet, maybe a wrapped silk? But I really like the presence of this piece. Nice condition from what I can see.
Sold for $27.00, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4aspf82 ANTIQUE HANDMADE LACE 4 WINGED BUTTERFLY POINT DE GAZE?
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Apr 04, 2011 12:16:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jennysjunque, Olathe, KS, United States
Comments: Point de Gaze butterfly, nice condition. Works well. No condition issues that I can see.
Sold for $152.50, 2 bidders.
Fifth Annual Lace at Sweet Briar
Date: June 19 – 25, 2011
Place: Sweet Briar College, 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA
Sweet Briar College in Virginia has been described as one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States. The Conference Center and Inn on the campus, nestled in a tranquil, wooded setting, will provide luxurious accommodations and specious work areas, allowing guests to feel pampered and relaxed.
Information: Click here to download the flyer SB_flyer.
Email: clayblackwell@comcast.net.
Teachers:
Anny Noben-Slegers, “Binche Lace Design”
Bobbi Donnelly, “Flanders Lace”
Susie Johnson, “UFOs and Beyond!”
Sue Babbs, “Lace R-XP” – beginners and advanced sessions
Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange Annual Lace Day
Date: June 18, 2011
Sponsor: L.A.C.E. Guild, Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Place: American Legion Hall
4000 Saratoga Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois
Vendors: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
The Lacemaker of Ohio, Tracy Jackson, http://www.lacemakerusa.com
Kathy Kirchner, http://www.lacebobbins.com/KathyKirchner.html
Ken Van Dieren, http://www.bobbinmaker.com
Knitting, Etc., http://www.knittingetc.com
Friday Workshop (June 17th)
Shuttle Tatted Beaded Necklace with Kathy Kirchner
Saturday Classes (June 18th)
Beginning Bobbin Lace, 10AM-noon, Susie Johnson and Jane O’Connor
Lucettte Cord, 10AM-noon, Kathy Kirchner
Viking Knitting: 1PM-3PM, Tracy Jackson
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Website: http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/Lace_Day_2011.html
Flyer for the event can be downloaded here: 2011 Lace Day flyer.
Contact: Diane Haber, Chair. (815-477-0015, d.haber@sbcglobal.net)
Eighth Biennial Juried Show & Fiber Arts Exhibit
Sponsor: Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council, Inc.
Lace Organized by the New Mexico Enchanted Lacemakers’ Guild
Dates: May 26 – 28, 2011
Place: EXPO New Mexico, Manuel Lujan Complex
New Mexico State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM
Time: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Thurs & Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday
Admission fee: $5.00 per person, 12 and under free
Website: http://www.fiberartsfiesta.org
Email: info@fiberartsfiesta.org
The 2011 Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta is the 8th biennial show dedicated to fiber
arts education and to the display of fiber-related artwork. In addition to the various competition displays, the Fiesta is host to a vendor mall of 70 vendors, fashion shows, guild and vendor demos, classes and workshops, educational exhibits and a solo show by Featured Artist, Arley Berryhill. Over 630 entries were received for 16 different juried exhibitions.
Among the 17 participating organizations, the New Mexico Enchanted Lacemakers’ Guild (an IOLI Chapter) is sponsoring the lace entries, and will provide teaching and exhibition material.
http://tinyurl.com/4m5cw2f Fine 1890-1900s ORNATE Handmade Lace Collar SILK LUSH
Starting price: $64.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 19:14:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gb-best, Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: Good silk Irish Crochet doesn’t come up that often. The challenges of working with this thread gives this lace a rather distinctive appearance. This is a nice piece, well worked. Seller mentions a few broken threads, but they aren’t immediately obvious.
http://tinyurl.com/46dm4cv ANTIQUE LACE-FINE 18THC ALENCON LACE
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Mar 28, 2011 10:47:55 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Nice Alençon or Argentan border, late 18th c or early 19th c. An example of ‘Herren Alençon’, meant to be ruffled and good for gentlemen’s cuffs. Can’t tell if the brides are twisted or buttonholed. Piece is a little short, but condition looks good; a very typical example.
Sold for $210.49, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4bveblx CIRCA 1860, ORNATE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE FAN
Starting price: $495.00
Auction ends: Mar 28, 2011 10:58:53 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Too bad about the sticks – this is a very nice piece of Belgian needlelace. Nice flat design, some good fillings. Can’t tell if the lace is damaged around the broken guardstick.
Sold for $495.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/4jqw9ek BOULLE DE DENTELLIERE.HAUTE LOIRE.XIX eme
Starting price: 3.00 EUR
Auction ends: Mar 28, 2011 13:32:48 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller rapatord, la roche blanche, Auvergne, France
Comments: French lacemaker’s lamp. Seller says that it is 19th century because the glass is thicker than 18th century examples. French focusing lamps from the Haute Loire region are different from English ones – the French examples sit on the round base with the filling ‘neck’ at the top. The glass sometimes is supported by a turned wood or metal stand – these rarely survive. English examples normally have a lower projection that fits into a holder, and can be filled either from the top or bottom (tube is plugged with a cork for the bottom fill case).
This example one looks in very good condition.
Sold for 87.50 EUR, 9 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4ffdxqj DELFT BLUE & WHITE FIGURINE DENTELLIERE BRUGES 2391 a/f
Starting price: 4.99 GBP
Auction ends: Mar 29, 2011 07:34:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lorrart, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Delft lacemaker, 6″ high. Note the word ‘Bruges’ on the front of the pillow. Has condition issues, broken bobbin and chair, some chips on the base. But these don’t come up that often.
Sold for 21.51 GBP, 4 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4gvpko4 19thC SUPERB HM CHANTILLY LACE VEIL
Starting price: $525.00 for bids, $585.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Mar 29, 2011 17:07:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Leeds, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: An impressive looking large square Chantilly shawl. Wish there were a photo of the whole thing, I’m a bit confused about the right and left side edges toward the top of the photo. Expected seam separation is present, some of which is repaired with a simple overcast stitch. A few other holes. A similar Chantilly square shawl was sold on Ebay in May 2009, similar price range. Origin of these pieces is unknown. The actual work has large areas of half stitch, appropriate to the scale. No ombre shading.
Did not sell.
http://tinyurl.com/49unnv4 Antique Bobbin Lace Collar HONITON & Lappet FANCY LUSH
Starting price: $185.00
Auction ends: Mar 31, 2011 11:17:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gb-best, Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: This is, of course, not Honiton, but the rarer and very elegant Valenciennes de Gand. A beautiful piece, looks in excellent condition. Val de Gand is actually a pieced lace – many of the motifs were made at the same time and combined into various patterns joined by an unusual square bobbin mesh with only 3 threads on each plait. This helped reduce the manufacturing time.
Sold for $410.00, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4hgcvwc Grandes collections de dentelles Charles Schmid 1906
Starting price: 49.00 EUR
Auction ends: Apr 02, 2011 07:19:06 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mariop2583, Paris, France
Comments: This work, produced in 1906 as an exhibition catalog, was published by Charles Schmid, Librairie Générale de l’Architecture et des Arts Décoratifs. Not to be confused with A. Calavas, Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, also from Paris, who was a great publisher of similar works. It is one of a number of large portfolios of lace photographs (in excess of 20 different works) produced around this time. I’ll have to do a LaceNews post on these in the near future. Plates are browned, but reasonable. Looks like two of them are duplicates, which isn’t good. But this is quite a rare work.
Sold for 75.99 EUR, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4uzpydy TURKISH ANTIQUE NEEDLE LACE OYA – LACE FLOWERS
Starting price: $18.00
Auction ends: ~27 days
Offered by: Ebay seller sunnymailbox, Istanbul, Turkey
Comments: I put this up mainly because this seller is the place to go for everything you want to make Turkish Oya knotted needlelace. Take a look.
Still available.
Bobbinlace Exhibition and the 4th European Bobbinlace Competition
Dates: March 16 to April 29, 2011
Sponsor: Associazione per il Museo della Seta di Como
Location: Museo Didattico della Seta
Via Castelnuovo, 9 – 22100 Como – Italy
Tel/Fax: +39 (0) 31 303 180
Email: info@museosetacomo.com
Web site: http://www.museosetacomo.com/eng_attivita_concorsi.php
Exhibition Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:00-12:00 and 15:00-18:00, Sunday 11:00-18:00
Admission fee: – Individual: € 10.00, Over 65: € 7.00
Students (identification required) and Under 18: € 4.00
Family ticket: parent: € 7.00 child Under 18: € 3.50
The Educational Silk Museum of Como was established in 1990 to highlight the history of the Como silk industry. It has published a number of folders on the technique of various silk bobbinlaces, which can be found on their ‘publications’ page.
Over the years the museum has sponsored several lace-related events, including a biennial bobbinlace competition (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011). This year’s event, the “4° Concorso
Europeo per un merletto a fuselli – 2011” is sponsored by the European Parliment. It is open to artists from all EU countries and Switzerland; entries have been received from the Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, France and Spain. Rules for the event can be viewed here: eng_bando_2011 – entries were due January 28th. The major material for all entries must be silk, and designs based on a silk pattern from a 1940’s wooden printing block. Competition entries and winners can be seen in one section of the exhibition. About 20 lacemaking organizations in the Lombardy area are also displaying their works, with silk materials emphasized. The exhibition theme is “I 150 anni dell’Unità d’Italia 1861-2011, Storia e memoria in terra lariana e lombarda”. Past contest entries and winners can be by clicking on various years at the bottom of the above web site.
Como is in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy on the border with Switzerland, which includes the city and comune of Cantù. Entries from past years include many laces from this area, as seen in the above photo which shows typical Cantù equipment. Lacemaking centers like Cogne and Tignes are also nearby, but I don’t know if they participate in the exhibition.
http://tinyurl.com/4mrrmac 19thC HM FINE & LONG CHANTILLY LACE FLOUNCE
Starting price: $325.00 Buy it Now
Auction ends: Mar 25, 2011 19:11:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: Two 11″ wide lengths of Chantilly, doesn’t say how long each is, but gives the total as 330″. Design is fairly simple, no shading. Condition looks good.
Did not sell.
http://tinyurl.com/4ggyhlh Vintage Majolica Figure – Lady Lace Making. / Studio
Starting price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 12:29:44 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller bramblepatch, llanelli, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Title is wrong, this is a nice Flemish Pottery lacemaker, probably from Turnhout. Seller doesn’t go into detail about ‘minor chips’. Still a good example.
sold for 26.99 GBP, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4g9hbdm Superbe Rouet Ancien Dentelière Fuseaux Art Populaire
Starting price: 28.00 EUR
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 12:36:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller barrioux, SERMENTIZON, Auvergne, France
Comments: The only problem I can imagine on this piece is that is was probably a windmill bobbin winder, but the windmill part is missing. Seller has put a spool of thread on the spike that would normally hold the vanes. Otherwise it is great! Note the sliding spindle arm, and the raised feet.
Sold for 30.50 EUR, 2 bidders.
As a response to a comment on this piece I’m attaching some photos of very similar Haute Loire region bobbinwinders in my collection. Note the extending arm for the windmill in the example on the left – the windmill itself has been taken off in order to show its supporting peg. A second example with the arm fully extended and windmill attached is shown on the right.
It may be that the example for sale has no windmill, but I think that would be unusual. And there would be no particular need for the long sliding handle unless it was to make allowance for the windmill blades.
http://tinyurl.com/4sck66g ANTIQUE ITARIAN BURATTO LACE
Starting price: $300.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 13:20:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller seizan21, Kitakyusyu,Fukuoka, Japan
Comments: Interesting piece of Buratto, I don’t know how old. Some colored threads, with main work cream against a brown weave. Mounting fabric looks really dirty. But overall good condition, could clean up nicely. The buratto piece itself looks cut on the right end, with an additional fringe added later.
Sold for $406.99, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/664hgte ANTIQUE LACE-FIGURAL NEEDLEPOINT PLACEMATS
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 17:29:36 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: 4 placemats, reticella design. I like these a lot. They seem to have a Mediterranean feel, maybe Greece or Cyprus? Condition seems fine, I don’t see any damage.
Sold for $75.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/5wga4ts ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF
Starting price: $295.00
Auction ends: Mar 27, 2011 18:59:54 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Belgian needlelace handkerchief, no raised work, not much in the way of fillings. Condition OK, few small holes. But the design works.
http://tinyurl.com/4c42gfn Vintage ANTIQUE MALTESE LACE SCARF silk stole
Starting price: 12.99 GBP
Auction ends: Mar 21, 2011 14:25:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller goodbuyeuk, English Countryside, United Kingdom
Comments: Interesting Maltese scarf. Some interesting figures. A bit hard to judge the condition from the photos, but I don’t see any real damage.
Sold for 122.00 GBP, 13 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4rh46tl Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Bertha Collar
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Mar 22, 2011 18:15:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Good example of a bertha of Duchesse with Point de Gaze inserts. No raised work or fillings in the needlelace, and the bobbinlace is fairly conventional, but overall I like the general design. Looks to be in good condition.
Sold for $277.35, 8 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/4hz89pr Tombolo antico. Bobbin lace pillow
Starting price: 99.00 EUR
Auction ends: Mar 23, 2011 07:10:43 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller sonoinbici, Italy
Comments: I think this might be a Swiss pillow. A desk-like Belgian cushion design with a rear drawer in the base and a roller at the top. It resembles Swiss examples in the Klöppel-Kissen-Ständer book. The bright green silky looking fabric is throwing me, might be recovered.
Sold for 99.00 EUR, 1 bidder.
Third Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award Winner’s Exhibition
To be held as part of Sydney Design 2011
Dates: July 30 to August 14, 2011 (to be confirmed)
Sponsor: The Powerhouse Museum (Lace Study Center)
500 Harris Street Ultimo, PO Box K346 Haymarket, Sydney NSW 1238, Australia
Location: tbd
Web site: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lace/
Winners of the Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award will be exhibited as part of Sydney Design, 2011. This is a major competition with a prize of $20,000 AUD going to the winner, and 4 other prizes of $4,000 AUD each. Entrants developed their works from June 2010 to January 2011. 129 artists from 20 countries have been chosen to proceed to final selection, and the winners will be announced at the opening of the exhibition.
“The International Lace Award seeks to encourage contemporary design and challenge conventional notions of lace and its application in the areas of fashion, the built environment and digital multimedia.”
More information is available through the Web site given above. This is a major event for contemporary textile artists, both professional and amateur. Student participation is encouraged. The Powerhouse Museum 2nd International Lace for Fashion Award 2001 catalog can be downloaded at http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/pdf/research/lace.pdf. I have not been able to find anything on the first award.
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