mem_somervilleNo actual textile today--the work today is packing 500 years of #lace history into the back of my car.
I'm the librarian for my lace group and we have hundreds of books. Our annual retreat is coming up and I have to haul them there.
Allysse Riordan@mem_somerville that's as lot of books on lace!
Are they mostly focused on one type or all sorts?
@allysseriordan All sorts. You can search our collection at this link.
Some are real antiques. Some out of print. Some odd pamphlets. Some contemporary patterns.
Everything. #BobbinLace #Needlelace #Tatting and more. Heavily bobbin though.
New England Lace Group - NELG Library
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@mem_somerville that is quite the collection!
Thanks for the link. I had a quick look but I don't have time to explore too much today. I'll definitely return to it though.
@allysseriordan Sure, have fun!
Another good source of info is The Lace Bee book blog: https://www.thelacebee.com/book-blog
And I have collected lists at the @internetarchive too. https://archive.org/details/@mmangan/lists/1/tatting
@mem_somerville thanks a lot 💚