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Cataloging Antique Lace
This afternoon I spent a couple hours cataloging various lace and trims from antique and vintage garments around the studio so I can easily reference them for inspiration for future concepts and developments. There are a couple dresses and tops I have made sketches of and nothing quite beats having the actual piece of lace to reference in front of me. While I will always hold antique and vintage garments on a pedestal, it is my hope that because my references are so close to home and personal, that my...
Antiquated Poems, "Epithalamion"
"In that strange hour when day and night, Rule Nature with divided might..." "Epithalamion" from Cliff and Scaur; A Collection of Verse, Sledd, Benjamin Franklin, 1864-1940, New York, Putnam, 1897 Source: Library of Congress
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