Pillow Lace A Practical Hand Book With Illustrations By Ernest Marriage And Fifty Patterns

Author : Elizabeth Mincoff
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230347615
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Pillow Lace, a Practical Hand-Book written by Elizabeth Mincoff and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... Fig. 2. A Page From Parasole's "Teatro," 1616 I Face page 19 elisabetta catanea parasole 19 and 1625.1 The first part contains point and reticella patterns, the second, besides these, darned net and two broad pillow laces which show lack of experience in handling bobbins. Indeed, were it not that in her methodical way she has indicated the number of bobbins required, few would take the patterns to be for pillow lace. Her "Teatro delle nobili et virtuose donne" (see Fig. 2), published at Rome in 1616,2 shows enormous progress in the pillow patterns. Evidently pillow lace had come more into fashion, and the artist herself gained mastery over its technique. There are seventyfour pillow patterns of great variety of style, many beautiful and some most elaborate. In most cases the number of bobbins needed is given, varying from fourteen to a hundred, while the laces are of all widths up to about four inches. All are geometrical in design and of light fabric, the majority, very light indeed, consist of twists and plaits. They are of the guipure order, if we use the word in its present meaning; that is to say, the fabric is formed by the design itself without the aid of grounds. These patterns have not the same happy art as those of "Le Pompe" in producing effect by the skilful variation of different simple methods. They are more monotonous, more complex, less practical. But they are far better arranged, and evidently this kind met with greater success, for both Mignerak and Shorleyker publish quite similar patterns, while I have seen no attempt 1 Strange, "London Bibliographical Society Trans.," vii, 235. 4 Reprinted by Wasmuth, Berlin, 1891. to revive the style of "Le Pompe." The present representative of Elisabetta Parasole's laces is Cluny, ...