Re: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom?
Thanks Annette. This is very helpful. There seems to have been something called a ribbon loom which could weave multiple narrow ribbons simultaneously. There are some photos of the loom on the site of the Comines Ribbon Industry Museum http://ribbonindustrymuseum.wordpress.com/ I wonder if ribbon is the key word for this question. Did you run across anything like this in your research on the Borris Lace. (I have the book.) Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom?
The thought of ribbon making came to me last night in bed. Coventry was a centre of ribbon making in England and the silk used was, in the 1800's was 'farmed' in the Cotswolds and the occupations of women and girls that I've come across in doing our family research shows that many were involved in the silk industry - unwinding the thread from the cocoons. Looking at the history of ribbon making shows that it goes back at least to the 11th century. Malvary in Ottawa where winter jumped in yesterday with snow and today it is -12c with windchill of -23c. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom?
No I did not find any references to ribbon but it is another interesting crossover. Annette in Wollongong, Australia -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of dmt11h...@aol.com Sent: Monday, 25 November 2013 1:50 AM To: ameld...@ozemail.com.au; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom? Thanks Annette. This is very helpful. There seems to have been something called a ribbon loom which could weave multiple narrow ribbons simultaneously. There are some photos of the loom on the site of the Comines Ribbon Industry Museum http://ribbonindustrymuseum.wordpress.com/ I wonder if ribbon is the key word for this question. Did you run across anything like this in your research on the Borris Lace. (I have the book.) Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] 17th c. premade tapes, Mezzo Punto-ribbon loom?
Weaver here, and one who works with band looms and historic techniques. The older term for ribbon comes from its woven structure rib band, so you might also see the spelling ribband in the older references. These bands were often woven with a close-set warp and a weft thats pulled tight, giving a ribbed appearance to the surface of the band, hence the name. The picture under discussion looks to me to be a simple tape, woven in a pretty much balanced weave, of the kind that would be woven on a basic tape loom or with a backstrap set up (not an inkle loom in the modern sense; thats a more recent style of loom, although the structure of the tape produced would be pretty much the same). These types of tapes would be used for almost anything requiring ties or laces in the household, so most households would have had some means of producing it. Katrina Worley kwor...@mac.com -- History: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time. K.Worley, 1997 On Nov 24, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Annette Meldrum ameld...@ozemail.com.au wrote: No I did not find any references to ribbon but it is another interesting crossover. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
