tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82569161896805098072024-02-07T16:40:52.580+00:00McBurney & BlackA love of Irish Linen and all things textile!McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-22330934058050884592016-07-20T14:44:00.001+01:002016-07-20T14:44:40.040+01:00Use Your Linen, Don't Let It Languish in a Cupboard!I am constantly hearing people say that they don't use their linen tablecloths any more, particularly embroidered ones as they think of them as too formal for the way we live nowadays.<br />
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It is such a shame as in the interiors press and online I see lots of companies offering linen tablecloths and napkins and saying how wonderful the fabric is etc etc. But we know that already!<br />
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Well there's no need to buy new if you already have vintage linen in your cupboard - just think of it a different way. People often regard taupe embroidered Madeira cloths as old fashioned or dated, but I love to use mine layered over a plain cloth and last weekend I set a table in the garden for a lunch with friends. Everyone loved the mix of old and new!<br />
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That got me thinking, so when the guests had gone I decided to take some more photos to show how you can use all those lovely cloths you have stored away.<br />
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Look how different a traditional cutwork white linen cloth looks when you layer it over a brighter colour and team it with coloured glass and cutlery. Whoever said your "fine" linens couldn't be used in a less formal setting?!<br />
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Another classic white cloth, but this time teamed with a natural linen undercloth and brightly coloured napkins.<br />
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And those 1950s printed cloths look great when you bring them into the sunshine and set a summer lunch table.<br />
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Or a dainty embroidered teacloth makes a pretty table for a morning coffee or afternoon cuppa. I like to mix modern mugs with a gorgeous Royal Crown Derby milk jug, all in pink, white and gold!</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-84202247538928224462016-02-17T17:27:00.000+00:002016-02-17T17:27:10.373+00:00A Fresh Approach to Embroidery on Irish LinenAlmost 2 years ago I was searching for unusual Irish Linen pieces to decorate a house in an old linen mill and Deborah Toner's cushions really caught my eye. I commissioned her to create a pair of cushions with an embroidered design inspired by an early 1900s postcard of the mill.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Trained originally as an architect, she has chosen to use her architectural drawing skills to create beautiful
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<span lang="EN-US">As part of her degree thesis Deborah
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<span lang="EN-US">Inspired by the buildings and landmarks of
Belfast, Deborah began to hand draw a range of images, which she then machine
embroidered to form the first collection. A Belfast skyline, the City Hall, the
Albert Clock, Samson and Goliath - the iconic twin gantry cranes of the
shipyards are just a few of the subjects adorning a range of cushions, panels, lavender bags and cards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When the Queen visited Belfast in 2014, the
City of Belfast chose 2 of Deborah’s Belfast Skyline cushions as their gift to
Her Majesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a wonderful
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<span lang="EN-US">Now Deborah has an eye to a wider audience
- she has just added Dublin to her collection. The intricate details of the
front of Trinity College, a series of Georgian doorways of Dublin, the city
skyline and the General Post Office all spring to life on fabulous neutral
shades of linen. And I hear there are plans on the drawing board for London,
Edinburgh and even further afield!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deborah can be found every Sunday at the ever popular St George’s Market in Belfast and later this month she will be adding an online shop to her website <a href="http://www.deborahtoner.co.uk/">www.deborahtoner.co.uk</a></div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-18823929202620677432016-01-13T21:27:00.000+00:002016-01-13T21:32:01.520+00:00A wonderful Christmas surprise!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wishing everyone a healthy happy and prosperous 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am appalled to note that I haven't added any posts since September - somehow the Autumn months just disappeared with sales to attend, linens to sort and restore and plenty more besides.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas Day 2015 was spent with close friends and hosted by a wonderful Australian couple. I had a panic phone call on Christmas Eve from Rosemary - the tablecloth she had planned to use was covered in brown spots and she didn't know what to do. For some reason she thought I might know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She explained that it was quite an old cloth and one of a cupboardful that she and her husband acquired along with the house they bought a year or so ago. All was well and my rescue recipe for marked linens did the trick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arriving at their home I was brought straight to see the now pristine white damask cloth, and in passing Rosemary said "there is some interesting embroidery to one corner, perhaps you might like to have a look".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interesting! That's for sure, this beautiful banqueting cloth had been embellished with the initials of the original owner, the figures 3/30 telling me that this was number 3 of a set of 30 banqueting cloths and then literally to top it all, a coronet with 7 balls or pearls as they were known.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa's offerings of earlier in the day paled into insignificance when compared to this fabulous piece! I have often seen pictures of the monograms of European nobility and royalty, but this was the first time I had seen one first hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned that the lady to whom the house had previously belonged was German by birth, so this was beginning to make more sense.<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span>As I had suspected, the 7 pearls on the coronet denote a Baron or Freiherr in Germany, a title dating from the days of the Holy Roman Empire and whilst no longer carrying any privileges, it is often still used as part of the family name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knows if we will ever find out exactly who the Baron was, but in the meantime our wonderful Christmas meal took on a new dimension, knowing we were eating on a cloth used at some point in a baronial hall in Germany. Considering that so many of our Christmas traditions have been adopted from German customs it seemed most fitting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fine trellis design decorated the body of the cloth, lozenges and roundels in regular bands, quite different to the elaborate scrolling patterns more favoured by Irish damask weavers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The padded uprights to the W and A of this monogram are exquisitely stitched in a rembourré style, padded and full, whilst the flourishes and flowers are picked out in a pinkish red. Even the inventory mark of 3/30 is painstakingly stitched.</span></div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-79342331397169737352015-09-15T23:20:00.000+01:002015-09-15T23:20:42.944+01:00Those Were The Days<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I recently came across 2 images from the 1940s
and 50s which both tell of very different days in terms of linen, its
production and care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">First of all the photo of linen being spread
out on a bleaching green. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The label on the back of the photo reads as follows: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">"Northern Ireland: An elderly worker spreads out fine damask linen on the
grass to bleach in the sun." Dated November 1949. The worker doesn't
look that "elderly" to me, but this is how he was perceived in the
press in the USA. This photo came from the archives of a New York press agency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Dated November 1957, the label gives us more
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">"Paris: The 'Blue Flower' of French
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">This image will come to mind as I tackle the next pile of linen laundry - although it is unlikely anyone will offer me a sash as a reward!! I shan't even think about the chap in the suit!!!</span></span></div>
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McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-84951901102177692702015-09-04T17:05:00.000+01:002015-09-05T13:59:04.565+01:00Linen Journey 2015 Part 2<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As promised some more about my recent visit to the home of Irish Linen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thankfully in addition to the artefacts being preserved in museums, there are one or two individual collectors who are doing a great job of saving important linen-related materials and machinery, which might otherwise be discarded or destroyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One such collector is a gentleman near Gilford in Co. Down, who has amassed a huge collection. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit him and be shown some fascinating memorabilia, machinery and documents. At last I stood in front of the type of machine that would have been used by my great aunt, when she worked as a linen yarn winder in 1901 in Belfast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her job involved transferring the linen yarn from the large spools to the smaller pirns or bobbins, which were then inserted into the shuttles and passed to the weavers. She would have worked from 6am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 12.30 on a Saturday! Long hard hours, for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have talked about point charts before; but I had never seen ones of the size in this collection! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below the chart you can see the salesmen's cards showing the style of the tablecloth designs, each one with its design name and pattern number printed to the top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And then there were pattern books full of beautiful damask cloths and napkins. Each design was stamped with the pattern number and the size. I thought perhaps these too were salesmen's samples, but apparently it was more likely that they were archive records. The quality of the weaving was just stunning and there were 100s of designs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there I was in a huge barn in the middle of a field in the heart of Co. Down (an unlikely place for me, as anyone who knows me will tell you!) and I couldn't believe what a great time I had. So many new facts learned and so many stories recounted. I think I need to go back for another visit sometime soon!</span></div>
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returned to London after almost 3 weeks at home in Northern Ireland, and I
spent time with some fascinating people still involved with the linen trade.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in bloom. The pretty blue flowers just about visible here outside
the Irish Linen Museum in Lisburn.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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has been immersed in a retting dam and has emerged after the 2 to 3 weeks of
soaking, ready to be dried in the sun and then moved on to the next phase of
linen production! In my case I have been submerged in a wealth of information
and anecdotes about linen, and have now surfaced to let the vast quantity of
facts settle in my head. After 2 weeks of almost constant rain I could
certainly do with some sun to assist the process! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to the producers. In the days when linen was laid out on linen greens for
bleaching, it was not uncommon for the linen to be stolen. Watchtowers were
built so that the greens and their valuable contents could be guarded at all
hours. I visited one such tower near Banbridge, which has been restored by the
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had the opportunity to visit Upperlands, the village which is home to William
Clark & Sons Ltd. The village owes its existence to the linen trade, a mill
was founded there in 1736. Remarkably the mill is still in the hands of the
same family after all this time and I was privileged to be shown around by
Bruce Clark, a direct descendant of William Clark.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the throbbing sound of the beetling engines.We enjoyed a coffee in the
community run coffee shop housed in one of the former mill buildings and then
Bruce took me across the yard to the beetling shed. Quite an experience! I met
Sam Anderson, the beetler and he explained to me the process of pounding the
cloth with huge wooden mallets to flatten it and give it the distintive sheen.
Sam is the last commercial beetler in Ireland. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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With the addition of some Wisteria coloured Rainbow Damask napkins I was ready to have a friend round for a cup of coffee in the sunshine. The good china mustn't linger in the cupboard so I mix some of Mum's collection of Royal Crown Derby with a couple of mugs from Zara!</div>
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A couple of days later a few friends popped in for a cool drink and some fresh summer berries on their way through London. I had just enough time to throw the cloth back on the table and hey presto, great clashing colours of orange and pink were ready to welcome them.<br />
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I heard there was going to be a prosecco shortage, so I am doing my bit to indulge while it is still available! Who needs an excuse to have some bubbles on a sunny Sunday evening?!</div>
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A lovely hand embroidered runner and some pretty whitework napkins complete the table. My neighbours must think I am very odd, running around with a camera when waiting for guests to arrive! But it's good to capture the moment and hopefully inspire you to use your linens, not leave them folded in the cupboard.</div>
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Before that, however, it had been the country estate of the Barons Carteret. On the death of the childless 3rd Baron Carteret in 1849, the Barony became extinct and the estate passed to his nephew, Rev. Lord John Thynne, the Sub Dean of Westminster. (There is a monument to him to be seen in Westminster Abbey).</div>
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He had married Anna Constantia Beresford, and as was the custom, the household was run by the lady of the house, so it was she who compiled this record of the household linens up until her death in 1866. I imagine the records were kept updated by the housekeeper after that.</div>
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Each double page has columns showing the date, quantity, description, marks or monograms, size and number at a table. Lots of pencil written notes are added and items crossed out, so this document was kept regularly updated. Think of it as an 1800s spreadsheet!</div>
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An example from 1861 tells us there were 4 Irish linen cloths carrying the mark J T 1861 each 6 yards in length and 2.5 yards wide, which would be used for a party of 18. They had been purchased from Dickens and Jones at a cost of £6 and 6 shillings each!</div>
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Some of the entries in the "marks" column show a drawing of a coronet, denoting that these had belonged to the house when it was owned by the 3rd Baron. There are notes, such as "all worn out 1902" or "2 cut in half 1907". Nothing was wasted and cloths were cut and reused in smaller sizes until totally worn out.</div>
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The variety of linens is remarkable. One page is devoted to napkins which are described as Fish and Pastry and Thumb napkins! Also waiting napkins, some cut from tablecloths in 1902. And Layovers, a term I had not come across before, but I presume them to be what we call table runners as they vary in length from 4.5 to 6 yards and some have been cut into sideboard cloths. </div>
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Then we move upstairs to the bedrooms - Sheets Fine, Sheets Coarse, Pillow Covers, Pillow Covers Coarse, Towels and Toilet Covers!</div>
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Of 6 fine pairs of 4 yard sheets with a blue coronet and dated 1843, set 6 is noted as being "very much scorched, the parts taken out and repaired with fine cloth, 1853." I do hope the laundry maid didn't get into too much trouble for her carelessness.</div>
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The variety of Coarse Cloths for the house and kitchen is fascinating. Obvious things such as glass cloths, dusters etc but also Stable cloths, Cook's cloths, Slop Pail cloths, Hearth cloths, Knife cloths and China cloths, the list goes on! I wonder how on earth they could tell the difference. It is noted that many of these were taken to London in 1888, which I presume to be 67 Eaton Place, the London home of Francis John Thynne, who inherited the estate on the death of his father.</div>
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From 1897 onwards the record keeping is much more scant and it appears to stop in 1907. The very last entry is in 1929 with just 2 pages. So life in this beautiful house was about to change and the copious quantities of Irish and Scottish linen fall of our radar. I wonder what became of it all??</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-1477881197247816772015-07-10T16:18:00.002+01:002015-07-10T16:18:33.859+01:00More tales from the laundry!Been absent for too long - apologies! There's been lots going on including my giving a talk to an embroidery workshop in Diss in Norfolk last week. A really interesting couple of days with a delightful group of creative ladies.<br />
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Whilst there we popped into the local auction house and of course there was a box of linens to be bid on and I was pleased to win the lot and bring it back to London with me!<br />
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Well at least I was pleased until I began to unpack the box!! The condition of some of the pieces was pretty bad, lots of pale brown mould and I honestly didn't think I could remove it.<br />
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I hadn't seen this type of marking before but lo and behold a good overnight soak and several cloths and a wonderful petticoat flounce were sparkling white again, plus lots of beautiful sets of Madeira stitched coasters. </div>
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One of the worst pieces was a gorgeous cutwork cloth. I was so keen to get working on it that I forgot to take a "Before" pic, but it was covered in the same brown mould as shown above. A friend dropped in that day and insisted on taking a picture of me admiring my handiwork!! I must say I was pleased with the final result!</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-23578503911371357222015-05-22T13:58:00.000+01:002015-06-03T15:46:00.590+01:00What the postman brought.......finally!Yesterday had to be the most frustrating day in weeks. Having been told a parcel I was expecting on Monday had indeed been delivered, I had to start playing my version of Pass the Parcel! Only in this case to find out where on earth said parcel had been passed to! No "we called when you were out" card through my door, no help from the courier company and the sender was getting no better information.<br />
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Hallelujah, after about 4 hours of annoyance, knocking on neighbours' doors and generally pestering anyone I thought might be able to help me locate the box, my next door neighbour returned from work and had had the parcel all along!<br />
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I've had lots more requests for the big cream lace bobbins and was able to acquire the last remaining lot so they will be on their way to new homes soon. The gold coloured ones will have their outer layers of thread removed and soon be on the website refreshed and clean (almost)!<br />
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But the box didn't just contain the bobbins, there were 5 wonderful documents also included. Before a jacquard loom can produce a design, whether on cloth or as lace, a series of punched cards has to be made. To do this the original drawing has to be transferred to graph paper. This is known as a point chart with each point or square on the paper corresponding to the
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The guys clearing out the contents of the Scottish lace mill came across a box of these point charts and I just couldn't resist!</div>
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Hard to determine the date of these, but they are probably from the 1930s or thereabouts. One in particular caught my eye - with an elephant depicted in the design.</div>
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Most likely this would have been a pattern for a lace intended for curtain panels, the handwritten notes tell us this design is called Klambo Lace. Klambo is a village in Malaysia, obviously the inspiration for this unusual pattern. I'd love to have seen the actual woven piece.</div>
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All shapes and sizes of charts as some would have been for narrow lace borders, others for more intricate piece goods.</div>
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This is some of the lace edging produced in the factory, probably in the 50 or 60s, so it gives an idea of how the chart drawings were interpreted to be woven into finished products.</div>
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Instead of just adding these to my bookshelves as interesting documents, I am planning to have some of them framed. I think the elephant one in particular will look fabulous on the wall.</div>
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I am so so glad I finally found my parcel........!</div>
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This past week has been one of threads and spools, skeins and yarn, reels and floss.....some from the late 1800s, some from the 1920s and lots from the 1960s. </div>
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First came a complete box of Barbour's Linen thread, 10 untouched spools still in their glassine paper wrappers. The label describes them as suture thread and surgeons all over the world extolled the virtues of this particular product! </div>
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This lovely warm cream colour could be used for all sorts of wonderful projects, not just for medical purposes!!</div>
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Then the postman delivered a wonderful cardboard box laden with more fabulous linen thread, this time embroidery floss in all manner of beautiful colours. Some from W & J Knox of Kilbernie in Ayrshire and most from a long closed warehouse in Sweden.</div>
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Beautiful colours of pure linen with a lovely soft lustre and in a fabulous choice of shades. It makes me wish I was an embroiderer! </div>
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And finally three paper wrapped packages each containing 12 spools made by J & P Coats in the late 1800s, still tied up with string and containing beautiful wooden reels of thread, 2 lots have the most amazing glacé finish to them and the label describes them as glove thread. They are so tiny, just a bit bigger than a thimble!</div>
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On their website timeline Coats show a packet almost the same as this which dates from the 1830s! These ones are definitely later as the advertising medallions on the front make mention of prizes won at exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and London in 1862! Quite remarkable that these packages have survived so well and they will make a fabulous addition to an antique haberdashery collection.</div>
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So that has been the "thread" of my week, if you'll pardon the pun!</div>
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I am hoping that these will all find good homes in the coming weeks as they make their way onto the shop shelves. Some are there already, so have a look if you'd like to see more images.</div>
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One really unusual set of mats had me full of admiration. A 13 piece luncheon set of round Irish Linen mats, a large centre piece and then 6 mats and 6 coasters with the most wonderful scalloped embroidery pattern to the outer edges, almost resembling fish scales.<br />
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The cutwork was done with such precision and there was no damage at all, even after all these years. In an inner row to the edge of the linen were tiny works of art. The tiniest of flower heads worked in French Knots in gorgeous shades of blue, purple, yellow and pink, with teeny green leaves to each side.</div>
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I am often asked how I can bear to part with the linens I find and I have to admit on one or 2 occasions recently I have succumbed and decided not to sell some pieces. The set of Madeira napkins below is one of those! I washed and ironed them, photographed them and even got around to putting them on the website - but the following morning I saw them sitting on the shelf in my office and I knew I couldn't let them go! </div>
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Aren't they just fabulous?! So unusual and quite irresistible! I am hoping to set a table mixing cranberry and peridot glasses on a plain cream cloth and then let these beauties speak for themselves!</div>
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And finally a quite breathtaking piece of Madeira work - a huge square tablecloth with the most stunning embroidery and cutwork. Quite a masterpiece!</div>
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Some say that Madeira work is not fashionable at the moment, but I disagree. With a little clever mixing and matching I think it can be just fabulous. Whether by mixing with brightly coloured accessories or layering a masterpiece such as this over a darker cloth, I believe they can be brought right up to date and be enjoyed and admired.</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-40381435758392605472015-04-24T14:27:00.000+01:002015-04-24T14:27:12.624+01:00Who said doilies were boring?!Oh dear, March went by and April is almost done and I have been ignoring the blog!<br />
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Partly because I have been busy acquiring new stock for the website and much washing and ironing has been required. Just as well I have a steam generator iron which can help me whizz through the piles of damask at speed.<br />
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However, it has not all been linen and damask - lurking in the bottom of one huge box obtained from an auction in Ballycastle was a group of the most gorgeous doilies.<br />
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The doily is a strange item, it comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, made from many different types of thread. Mostly they are cream or beige but this latest find was a riot of Neopolitan ice cream colours.<br />
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I have seen the green ones before, in fact I seem to remember Granny having some just that colour, but the pink are so pretty too. I suspect these are from the 1950s, the colour palette is a bit of a pointer in that direction.<br />
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The last one to emerge from the box is an absolute beauty and I will not be parting with it. Maybe you will see why........!</div>
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So often Irish crochet lace comes in pure white, or I have some on the website at the moment in a warm ecru colour, but this piece brings the exquisite art to life in a very different way.</div>
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The Clones knots are worked skilfully in a champagne coloured thread and the frilled flower heads in bubble gum and calamine pink are just gorgeous. The chevron motifs in apple green just pop from the centre making this the prettiest of mats.</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-44909346646947054402015-02-23T15:23:00.000+00:002015-02-23T15:24:14.899+00:00A Magnet for Lace!Having always planned McBurney and Black to be a resource for linen, Irish Linen in particular, my intentions are being hijacked by the wonderful laces, ribbons and trims that keep coming my way. I said to a friend last week that I felt I had become a magnet for lace!<br />
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I find it hard to resist the frequent shoebox of lace that beckons and I find that my customers too are enjoying the variety in the shop. What is also fun is to find images of how the lace might have been worn at the time. I recently spied some wonderful postcards, old studio portraits from the early 1900s – here we can see the
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unsmiling at the camera, again in rather formal pose. It seems that the idea of
smiling for the photographer is one that came later. A huge corsage of flowers
adorns the girl’s high necked blouse and if we zoom in , the detail and
embellishment of the piece is quite superb. A plain dark skirt, but a very
detailed lace trimmed blouse with pintucking and smocking to the front. Her
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So it looks as if I am destined to offer these beautifully handworked embellishments as well as my Irish Linen specialties! </div>
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McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-67903056699401690082015-01-16T12:14:00.000+00:002015-01-16T12:14:07.405+00:00The art of napkin folding.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First of all a very belated Happy New Year to everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somehow December just flew past and January appears to be following suit as sales on the website grow. Most days now entail a trip to the post office with packages of linens and things destined for far flung places and some nearer to home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did manage a day off in late December to accompany New Zealand friends on a visit to Hampton Court Palace. It is years since I had been and I had forgotten quite how fascinating a place it is. In addition to Henry VIII's quarters there are also the Georgian apartments to explore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course, wherever I go, linen seems to follow me around and as I entered George I's dining room I was amazed to see the most intriguing display of folded napkins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, that really is a turkey made from linen napkins! Apparently such displays were quite "the thing" in the mid 1600s and1700s with the German town of Nuremburg even boasting a school entirely devoted to teaching the art. So when the Hanoverians arrived in England they brought with them this new way of impressing their dinner guests!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The intricacy of the pieces on display in Hampton Court was most impressive! Quite origami-like, the various pieces on display represented various vegetables and game in an incredibly lifelike fashion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Artichokes, a plate of asparagus spears, a cob of corn and even a hare in pride of place to the centre of the table.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We should remember that at that time the grand
banquet was a lavish affair, not only intended to feed the diners, but also to
ensure that they were fully aware of their host's wealth and status. By
creating these amazing displays, the guests would have been left in no doubt as
to the grandeur of the occasion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I am feeling the pressure to make my napkins
look a bit more special on the dining table, but then wonderful Irish Linen
damask designs are so impressive in their own right.......I don't think they really
call for any extra pizzazz!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-49746272928247770912014-11-21T17:30:00.000+00:002014-11-21T17:30:02.475+00:00Buttons and bows - and lots more besides!One of the things I have discovered in the past year or so is that a collection of linens is never just tablecloths, napkins, doilies etc. Very often tucked away in the bottom of a suitcase or box of linens lie all manner of other treasures.<br />
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Lengths of lace, collars and cuffs and as the title of this post implies, buttons and bows!<br />
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Gorgeous chunky mother of pearl shell buttons, which look just as good from the back as from the front! These ones will look amazing to the centre of a linen cushion I think.<br />
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Then there are really unusual buttons made from soutache silk cord. Some are woven into knot-like shapes with rosettes to the centre, some can be quite intricate and fussy, but then there are gems like these - bottle green silk cord wound into a dome, almost looking like little beehives. Simple yet stunning. These are from the 1930s and have survived so very well.<br />
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And not forgetting the bling and sparkle pieces! I acquired a box of lace and trims from the estate of a Scottish lady whose sister had been companion to a French widow in Quebec during the 1920s and 30s. When she left to return to Scotland her employer gave her lots of interesting things to bring home with her. In amongst the lace were several envelopes containing the most stunning little diamante pieces. </div>
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Tiny gold tone metal bows studded with diamante, just waiting to adorn an evening jacket.</div>
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And the tiniest little flower head buttons you ever did see, each one made up of 16 diamante studs all ready to embellish an evening gown.</div>
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It seems that just about every house had its box of lace pieces, but also a button box. Or as I discovered recently about 15 button boxes! The mother of a good friend of mine was a model for some of the leading fashion houses in London during the 1930s and 40s, a really glamorous girl in her day. She passed away last year and I have had the privilege of helping her daughters sift through the suitcases and boxes of treasures she had kept from those days. Buttons, buckles, more buttons and even more buttons........</div>
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Groups of vintage black glass buttons with copper highlights.</div>
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So McBurney and Black was always intended to be a source for vintage Irish linens, but it is changing by the day! Still the focus is on linen, but it is hard to resist these amazing haberdashery items when they appear!</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-4870474079571883762014-11-11T12:43:00.001+00:002014-11-11T12:43:24.938+00:00Estate Sale FindsI was back home in Northern Ireland last week and one of my tasks during my visit was to collect 3 large boxes of linens which had been part of an estate sale in Ballymoney, Co Antrim.<br />
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Wealthy farming country surrounds this part of the province and I was thrilled to find the boxes contained some really lovely quality Irish Linens from days past.<br />
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Teacloths, tea cosy covers, napkins and tray cloths galore. So it has been a busy laundry time and such a joy to see the rather limp and tired looking pieces come back to life.<br />
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These 2 tea cosy covers were looking a bit tired and the pink one had a few light tea stains, but now both are fresh and bright again, ready for a tea party!</div>
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Dainty afternoon tea napkins with appliqué motifs and a real County Antrim classic, an embroidered tea cloth from the Old Bleach Linen company of Randalstown, with its distinctive twin needle embroidery work.</div>
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There were quite a number of mats and runners all embellished with beautiful whitework embroidery. The houses in this part of the world were certainly graced with some wonderful examples of fine Irish Linen at its best.</div>
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A gorgeous oval dressing table mat with magnificent embroidery work. The petals and leaves are filled with the tiniest of seed stitches - it would have taken many hours to complete this intricate work.</div>
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A rare and unusual runner with 2 matching coasters, this was probably a runner for a dressing table or chest of drawers. Exceptionally fine linen which had obviously been well cared for as there wasn't a mark or blemish in sight.</div>
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And another oval shaped mat with such intricate stitching; these are really special heirloom pieces and I am delighted to have been able to rescue them and add them to the website.</div>
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-60852172724760960432014-10-02T14:24:00.001+01:002014-10-02T14:24:20.738+01:00Recycling and repurposing - new ideas?! Hardly.......I find it very amusing that we think today that recycling is a great new concept, repurposing is another buzz word that we often hear.<br />
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Sorry to disappoint anyone, but our grandmothers and great grandmothers had the concept down to a fine art, long before the idea was resurrected in the 1990s and I am reminded of it each time I find a new batch of vintage linens and accessories.<br />
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This group of doilies is a perfect example. You can see that the linen centre to each doilie is actually a piece rescued from a damask cloth or napkin that has most likely been damaged. Rather than discard the linen, the frugally minded lady of the house has cut out the undamaged pieces and crocheted or knitted a deep edging so that these precious pieces could still serve a useful purpose and look delightful at the same time!<br />
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Going through boxes and cases from an estate sale recently I came on the usual box of pieces of lace. I think just about every house had one of these boxes, usually it had contained silk stockings but was used to hoard the precious pieces of lace which were being saved to rework into different garments and hankies. Often the pieces I find are actually a loop of lace, most likely rescued from a petticoat, saved so that it could be used for something else. Here is one such piece, a pretty loop of ivory filet lace with a scalloped edge.<br />
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Searching further through the same box of treasures I found a bodice in the most gorgeous peach coloured crepe de chine and along the top was an edging of exactly this design of lace! All hand sewn with narrow ribbon threaded through it to gather it to shape. Even the waistline was finished with a running stitch of the finest elastic thread. This must have made a lovely set of lingerie, shame that the petticoat didn't survive.</div>
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At the very bottom of the box was a small blue card, "ERL" Brand Lace is the title. ERL standing for Equals Real Lace! The advertising slogan at the bottom tells us that "ERL equals real lace but Costs Far Less"! The card also tells the buyer that "If you are well satisfied with "ERL" Brand Lace, kindly recommend it to you friends. In doing so you will be helping to support an ALL-BRITISH INDUSTRY." </div>
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and her parents, who were Jewish and could see what the future held, told her not to come home but to go to friends in England and they arranged to send on her belongings.
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examine these treasured pieces, which found their way to join their owner as
she began her new life. Tragically she was never to see her parents again. She
married in London and spent the rest of her days here, but had no family to
whom she could pass on these heirlooms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The quality of the linen is exceptional. It
is fine and very very smooth. As for the embroidery – it too is the finest quality
and has been meticulously hand sewn to each piece. Extravagant scrolls and
dainty flower heads are intertwined to shape the monograms and some have the
tiniest seed stitches. Appenzell work is featured in some of the decoration
together with fine drawn thread work. It would have taken many hours to
complete such exquisite designs. The French seams are the narrowest I have ever
seen, just 3 millimetres deep! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Of course the European bedlinen tradition
is quite different to ours and the sizes of the pillowcases are unusual – one
style measures 80 x 95 cms! There are also what I believe to be blanket covers.
At first glance they seemed like a single duvet cover with a fold down flap or
return at the top where we find the embroidery and monogram. On closer
inspection however, it is clear that there is no top to the cover, just a
series of buttonholes all around a deep folded border with mitred corners to
one end. A German friend tells me that a blanket would have been inserted and
then the linen would be buttoned to it to form the bedcover – most unusual, but
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Crochet, all intact and quite lovely. Sadly some of the linen is badly marked and
is beyond saving, but the embroidery simply has to be salvaged. I have started
soaking and laundering and it is a delight to see some of the storage marks
disappear and the linen come up fresh and crisp. It makes a wonderful rustling
sound!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-63691517142333050752014-08-26T20:42:00.000+01:002014-08-26T20:42:09.958+01:00Collector's items from a Scottish Lace MillI recently stumbled on a collection of articles found in the buildings of a former lace mill in Scotland. and last week a rather heavy and dusty parcel arrived containing around 50 assorted bobbins and spools. Some were just the bare bobbins with the vestiges of brightly coloured paint, whilst others still had much of the yarn in place, but the outer surfaces were dusty and dirty from years of storage in a derelict shell of a building.<br />
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As I began to unwind the outer layers, the jewel colours were gradually revealed - fabulous shades of gold and tangerine, ivory and emerald, ebony and ruby red as well as tan, mink and cobalt blue. The bobbins,as you would expect, are showing signs of wear, but they will have been in use for over 100 years for the most part. They are really wonderful pieces of Scottish textile history.<br />
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Once the outer layers were discarded the yarns beneath are just as vivid as they day they were wound onto the bobbins. There is still plenty of vintage thread which could be used for all sorts of different projects. I think I would prefer to keep them intact and used them as interesting decorative pieces. </div>
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They would also make great additions to the collection of an antique haberdashery lover. These really are gems reflecting the rich textile history of the area.</div>
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When Hugenot refugees arrived in Ayrshire at the end of the 16th century they introduced the skill of textile weaving and over the years this steadily progressed from muslin to lace and in the late 1800s the manufacture of machine lace was the main employment in the town of Newmilns. Johnston, Shields and Co operated in Brown Street from 1880 until 2010, when the mill finally closed its doors.<br />
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At least it has been possible to rescue just a small part of the contents of the place. The bobbins will be on the website soon, so not too long to wait to be able to own just a little piece of the industrial heritage of Scotland. Granny Black would have loved to help unpack the box!<br />
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so often on some of the finest pieces. So I began to do some research.......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">As you would expect fashion trends and crazes are nothing new. But
it would appear that back in the mid 1800s a craze took hold of Victorian
England which was to last for over 50 years and which had huge influence in the
world not only of botany, but also the decorative arts. The fern motif was
presented in many different ways on pottery, glass, wood, printed paper and of
course, textiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Some of the designs are just breathtaking in the detail; look at the centre of the napkin at the bottom of this group of photos - simply stunning and so accurately reproduced.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Pteridomania was a word coined in 1855 by The writer Charles
Kingsley and at the height of the craze in the 1870s Britain was importing the
plants from as far afield as Brazil, the Philippines and Tasmania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I think I'll stick with Fern Fever, just a little easier to pronounce! But I am so glad I took the time to find out more about this fascination with the plant. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">And I love that fine linens continue to feature these delightful leaves in some of the napkins and placemats available today. Nina Campbell has a gorgeous design in her collection, not only embroidered in green, but also in silver and soft gold - just gorgeous.</span></div>
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So, whilst I knew a bit about crochet, I had never really delved into the history in any detail until about a year ago when I found the most wonderful pieces of crochet work, mainly as edging to Irish Linen tray cloths and tablecloths. I became curious to know more about this beautiful and skilful craft.</div>
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Of course once I started to know more, I began to come across more and more crochet work as I searched out new linens for the collection. Everywhere I turned I seemed to find hairpin work, relief crochet and filet lace crochet.</div>
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All sorts of styles and finishes, some quite simple and others more intricate, but all showing how much the cloth or runner was enhanced by the addition of a border or insert.</div>
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Whitework embroidery on a tray cloth was not sufficient; this lovely cloth called for a detailed relief work edging. Sadly the body of this particular piece has a lot of damage, but I am determined to use the edging somehow, perhaps overlaid on a contrasting coloured cushion.</div>
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The circular cloth above is quite stunning but in today's homes we don't tend to have small tea tables, so I think this would make a wonderful centrepiece on a dining table, layered over a vibrantly coloured tablecloth. It really allows the beautiful crochet border to shine.</div>
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Of course crochet was used in many different ways, and recently I found this gorgeous little reticule or opera purse/bag decorated with Irish Crochet lace embroidery. The frilled flower heads are a traditional element to this style of crochet. It gives a lovely 3 dimensional quality to the piece.<br />
Even the plainest of Irish Crochet was considered intricate by comparison with other types, because each of the elements of a design would be made separately and then crocheted together.It was a technique used often for ladies' gloves which would be made of crocheted loops with Irish crochet flowers sewn on the top, just as has been done in this pretty Victorian bag.<br />
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McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-47879406484614264622014-06-09T11:54:00.000+01:002014-06-09T11:55:42.935+01:00Happy customers!At McBurney and Black we just love it when our customers are happy. The time spent refreshing and reviving vintage linens is all worth while when we see them in situ on a dining table!<br />
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I have to say that we have some great customers who kindly send us their pictures and here are just a couple.<br />
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Revived Damask dinner napkins in Pumpkin. We just love the brown and orange mix to this pretty table setting and the roses are the perfect match!<br />
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Another set of Revived Damask napkins winged their way to a home in the South of France and the Cerise Pink looks just gorgeous in this setting. Classic silver napkin rings and lovely boutis quilted French table mats really allow the pink to shine! </div>
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Here we are able to give more information about the services and products we offer, keep buyers updated on new products and colours and generally be more than just a shop.<br />
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For purchases the site links directly to the Etsy shop for checkout, so that is still simple and straightforward.<br />
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<br />McBurney and Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205428900338230091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256916189680509807.post-66449070016051911042014-05-29T12:10:00.000+01:002014-05-29T12:12:03.737+01:00Laundry delights!I visited Castle Ward in Co Down last weekend, a beautiful property owned by the National Trust and was particularly interested to see the laundry. I've written before about how much I love to wash and iron linen, but after seeing the equipment used in days past, I am very glad I am doing laundry in the 21st century!<br />
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With all the physical effort of scrubbing and mangle turning, the poor laundry maids must have been exhausted. However, they still had the task of ironing ahead of them. No steam generator irons for these girls, but rather heavy cast iron smoothing irons which were heated on a central stove in the ironing room. I could barely lift them, and I can't begin to imagine how exhausting it must have been to spend hours smoothing linen for the household.</div>
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The main bench had a fascinating display of different pieces of linen, embroidered cloths, fine linen tablecloths with drawn thread work, bodices with lace trims, children's clothes with teeny buttons and ribbons and wonderful bloomers! Many showed signs of mending, neatly and expertly stitched.</div>
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So, as I tackle the next batch of linen which needs to be washed and ironed, I will thank my lucky stars for my trusty washing machine with high speed spin and my lightweight steam iron!</div>
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Castle Ward is well worth a visit if you find yourself in Northern Ireland. Situated on the edge of Strangford Lough near Strangford, it has extensive grounds with cycle and adventure trails, delightful gardens and the house itself is an intriguing mix of classic and gothic architecture - Lord and Lady Bangor, unable to agree on the style for the house, quite simply built one half in the classic style and the other in the gothic!</div>
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