when I learned to make Beds. after the book from Barbara M. Underwood I read in her book:
Bedfordshire Lace is an East Midlands guipure lace; i.e. it has no net ground, the design being supported and connected by plaits and brides. It was derived indirectly from Italian bobbin laces, but more directly from the Maltese lace which was seen in this country ( she means England) at the Great Exhibition in 1851. and so on A bit later in a class how to recognize laces I heard Maltese lace was brought to Malta in 1833 from Lady Hamilton Chichester. Lace makers from Genua give lessons to the Maltese people. The lace came from the rural part of North Italy but was made from silk which was imported from Barcelona. In the book from Ernst Erich Pfannschmidt „Spitzen“ He writes Beds a lace very similar as Lille lace. Katharina von Aragon brought lace making from Spain to Bedfordshire. She was married with the later Henry VIII!!!!!! I guess this was another sort of „lace" And to round this up. In „Die Spitze“ from Gisela Graff-Höfgen we could read: Bedfordshire where this lace is made since the 16. century….. 1.) Beds-Maltese…. 2.) Cluny lace like the one in France Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
