Hollandi rahvarõivaste pitse uuriv OIDFA töögrupp tutvustab Markeni pitse käsitleva raamatu valmimist.
Michèle Peloille Prantsusmaalt kirjutab "tundmatust muuseumist" - niplis- ja nõelpitsile pühendatud muuseumist väikelinna Arlanci raekoja võlvide all.
Helena Honka-Hallila tutvustab Soome tuntuima pitsilinna Rauma vanu pitse ja nende uurimist, tõstes esile Aino Linnöve dissertatsiooni soome pitsidest (1947), kui ka nn Manuela grupi tööd.
Gil Dye Suurbritanniast avaldab huvitava artikli pitsist ja selle rekonstrueerimisest ühel 19. sajandist pärit sametkleidil.
Kleitidest on OIDFA selle aasta kolmandas ajakirjas veelgi juttu - Maria Gualde tutvustab üht Barcelona pruutkleiti, mida kaunistab moderne pits.
Nicole Ovaere Prantsusmaalt mõtiskleb selle üle, miks on pitsid nii ihaldusväärsed ja miks on nende kogumine nii meeldiv tegevus.
Monika Thonhauser Austriast aga käsitleb põhjalikult pitse liturgilistel tekstiilidel. Selles ajakirjas saame lugeda artikli esimest osa.
The third bulletin of the International Bobbin and Needle Lace Organisation (OIDFA) starts with the letter of the president - Kajsa Borg. She looks back to the lace congress and general assembly of OIDFA that took place in June in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana. She also explains why the next congress, planned to be held in 2018 in Brugge, Belgium, had to be cancelled.
So the next congress will take place in 2020 in Tartu, Estonia.
OIDFA work group Lace in the Dutch Folk Costumes introduces their new book - Marken, Lace in the Costume - and how it came about.
Michèle Peloille from France writes about "an unknown museum" - a museum devoted to bobbin and needle lace that can be found in the vaulted rooms of Arlanc Town Hall.
Helena Honka-Hallila introduces us the old lace from Rauma - the most well know lace town of Finland.
Gil Dye from Great Britain writes about lace for a velvet gown from year 1899.
In the bulletin there is another article about dresses and gowns - Maria Gualde from Spain tells a story of a contemporary lace wedding dress from Barcelona.
Nicole Ovaere from France wonders about the desire of collecting lace.
Monika Thonhauser introduces us to the world of lace on liturgical textiles. In this bulletin the first part of the article is published.
