from collection of Angela Thompson
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from collection of Angela Thompson - this is horsehair and straw lace
Adrienne Quinlan made this lovely pony out of horshair from her
friend's horse "Katie".
she use pattern from the book "100 new Bobbin Lace Patterns by Yusai
Fukuyama
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Child from Savoie wearing a beautiful
cap adorned with silk ribbons and black horsehair lace. For more information, you can read
Or for more information on lace
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Bibliography
1. "The Art of Hair Work - Hair Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment
with
Catalog of Hair Jewelry" by Mark Campbell - reprinted by Lacis in 1989
with some
excerpts from Godey's Lady's Magazine, ISBN 0-916896-31-5, 207 pages,
softcover.
2. "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork
Jewelry - Identification and
Values" by C. Jeanenne Bell, G.G. from Collector
Books (Schroeder), P.O. Box 3009,
Paducah, Kentucky 42002-3009, published in 1998,
ISBN 1-57432-049-1, 335 pages,
4. "Antiques"Magazine( March 2001), has a 8-page article
by Irene
Guggenheim Navarro about hair jewelry
5. "The Needlewoman", magazine dated June, 1930.
...paragraphs on the latest fashion news mentions....
"Horse-hair suitable for lace-making is becoming difficult to obtain.
A year
or so ago, when horse-hair caps became fashionable, some difficulty
was
experienced, but now lace of horse-hair is increasingly smart the shortage
is becoming acute. This lace is the latest material for making lace
frocks,
the great advantage of it as a medium being that it is stiff and will
stand
up by itself without support. It provides the fashionable outline
when
ordinary lace is too limp. ..."
Webpages on Hair lace
http://home.wxs.nl/~hombu012/pages/hairjewellery.html
Horsehair,
Straw and Bobbin Lace Exhibit
Klöppeln
mit Rosshaar
Victorian Hair
Artists Guild
Heirlooms
Webpages on Hair Work
Victorian Hairwork Society
Victorian Hair Artists Guild
Hairwork Virtu
HAIRWORK
JEWELRY by Sparr
