>Dear everyone on the list, > >I am a graduate student at George Washington University working on my >Master's thesis. In order to finish my paper I have been researching a >collection housed at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. In your DC telephone book is the telephone number of the TExtile Museum & the Smithsonian Institute with textile curators galore. Good luck with your Masters. >This collection is made up of diverse objects dating from the late 18th >century to the 20th century. Among the collection are several pieces of >lace. (The dimensions range from 2 inches long to 3 or 4 feet >long and 1/4 inch to 2 inches wide.) Some of the pieces are labeled with a >family name. Others are marked Brabant or Brussels (Louis XIV) >Unfortunately I am not an expert in lace and do not know what many of the >pieces are. Could anyone direct me to a book or person who could help >me? Or have some conservation advise. > > >Also does anyone know of an artist by the name of Samuel Shelley (English >1750-1808)? The collection also has some framed pictures from a scrap >book of his drawings. > >Thank you, >Elizabeth Hanson Mike Bogle & Peta Landman 429 Riley Street Surry Hills, Sydney Australia 2010 (61) (2) 9212 7069