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FrontRangeLiving.com -> Home Design -> Linens
 LACE AND LINENS--The
Threads of Continuity
By Carol Ward
My eye first settled on the antique iron bed made only more beautiful
by the crisp snowy white linens, which draped elegantly over the sides. Although
90 percent of Paula Gins’ linens are English, she buys from other places in
Europe and sells at shows in Colorado and around the country.
 It was a quick but big step when Paula went from selling shoes to buying and
selling antique linens. A former shoe company executive, Paula left the garment
district of New York, moved to Denver with her husband and entered the Victorian
era. Now she buys worldwide and keeps a huge inventory of antique bedspreads,
pillowcases, shams, tablecloths, hand towels and doilies, which are all hand
made between the years of 1820 to 1890. In the zenith of the English Industrial
Revolution, looms produced exceptional textiles--densely woven with crisp
surfaces that served as canvases for needlework.
 The
rest of this story is now contained in "Colorado Antique Lover's Guide" by
Front Range Living and Fulcrum Publishing. It can be purchased through www.fulcrum-books.com
or at bookstores, such as: www.tatteredcover.com,
www.barnesandnoble.com,
www.borders.com
or www.amazon.com.
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