Jane Austen’s Lace Note Cards available
The Jane Austen Society of North America, Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware Valley Region, is offering Jane Austen’s Lace note cards for sale. In a letter to her sister Cassandra in June 1799, Jane Austen wrote, “My cloak is come home, and here follows the pattern of its’ lace,” and drew a little lace pattern in the letter. The note cards include a reproduction of the lace pattern as well as the quote in the Jane Austen font. The print color is English Manor, the Colorstrology entry for December 16, Jane Austen’s birthday. The cards are $10 per package of eight plus shipping and handling.
And since it’s getting to be that time of the year again, the region still has a limited number of packages of Christmas cards for sale. The cards feature Jane Austen holding a sprig of holly and the message inside, “Wishing you all the gaiety that the season can bring.” The Christmas cards are $10 for a package of 10 cards plus shipping and handling.
Check out the Jane Austen Engagement Calendar other fabulous merchandise offered by JASNA regions. They make lovely gifts for yourself or your Janeite friends and relatives.
November 16th, 2006 at 4:36 am
The lovely engagement calendar is readily available for sale in department stores in Australia. I received one as a gift for my birthday earlier this month, and I am so looking forward to using it next year!
November 16th, 2006 at 6:14 am
Is there anywhere a picture, how the calendar looks inside? It’s a really lovely idea, but I’d like to know if I can use it actually in RL. (I am a bit particular about my calendars.)
November 16th, 2006 at 6:31 am
I wonder that an organisation like the JASNA is using this falsified picture of Jane Austen (wearing a wedding ring, etc.). I would have thought they are a bit more particular.
Anyway, they have some nice merchandise - thanks for the link!
November 16th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
I wonder that an organisation like the JASNA is using this falsified picture of Jane Austen (wearing a wedding ring, etc.). I would have thought they are a bit more particular.
Julia, I can answer that question, as I am the region webmaster and designed the site. It’s all my fault.
I chose that image for several reasons:
1. It’s a recognizable representation of Jane Austen
2. I had a nice clear scan of it, and it was two colors so I could play around with the colors to match the site
3. This is the most important reason–IT’S OUT OF COPYRIGHT.
Not many people realize it, but the National Portrait Gallery in London owns Cassandra’s portrait of Jane and the rights to the image. Unless I went and photographed it myself–and you’re not allowed to do so. It’s one thing for me to put that copyrighted image on a site that I am personally responsible for (such as AustenBlog or Molland’s) but I felt I couldn’t do it with a JASNA-related site.
I can’t speak for JASNA but I don’t think they’ve exactly disowned the “heavy-lidded Jane” as one of our members calls that image. It’s probably not everyone’s favorite, though.
November 18th, 2006 at 3:36 am
Yes, I thought it would be a copyright issue… and you’re of course right about the “recognizability”.
By the way, did you see the original portrait in London? I was very impressed by it - it looks much more delicate and better done than the reproductions.