-----Original Message----- From: owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-lace-dig...@arachne.com] Sent: 24 July 2018 13:53 To: lace-dig...@lists.panix.com Subject: lace-digest V2018 #73
lace-digest Tuesday, July 24 2018 Volume 2018 : Number 073 Dear Sharon, You are right about the emergence of the modern US lacemaking community in part from among doll collectors, but there does not seem to have been a strong East/West coast divide between these two revivalist movements.. The United Federation of Doll Clubs was launched in a 1937 radio appearance by doll collector Mary E. Lewis, in which she invited like- minded collectors to meet her at a New York hotel. The eight women who responded formed the National Doll and Toy Collectors Club, and although the first member clubs were mainly in the N East, the organization soon became national, adopting the name "United Federation Of Doll Clubs, Inc." in 1949. The full history can be found here: https://www.ufdc.org/about-ufdc/the-history-of-ufdc/ Four years later, at the 1953 annual meeting of UFDC, four members discovered a common interest in the lace worn by antique dolls, and the need to learn more about it. They agreed to meet annually and in !954 launched the Old Lacers, as a study group within UFDC (a bit like the Arachne gatherings that take place during today's IOLI Conventions!) As the organization grew, it was renamed National Old Lacers, then International Old Lacers, Inc. and now IOLI stands for "International Organization Of Lace, Inc." embracing members and laces of all ages and nationalities. In 1973 IOLI members voted to separate from UFDC and hold their own AGM and first convention. There is a brief history of IOLI on its website, https://internationalorganizationoflace.org/ but a fuller version is to be found in its annual members' hand book. Although I am sure that many IOLI members are doll enthusiasts, like myself, when I presented a small exhibit of interesting lace-trimmed doll clothes to re! cognize IOLI's origins at its 50th anniversary convention in 2003 at Hasbrouck, NJ, no-one seemed to understand its significance (perhaps because my introductory statement and item captions were not displayed as intended with the items.) Maybe the time is right for a "Lace on Dolls Clothes" study group to be formed within IOLI, to come full circle? Pam Glew, IOLI Canada East, London and St Thomas Doll Club. Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:35:59 -0700 From: Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi <shg...@mail.harvard.edu> Subject: [lace] what is the relation between doll collectors and lace enthusiasts - 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/
