Greetings all, I just joined this list last night.
Welcome :)
So far I have found a few 17th century Dutch portraits of lacemakers
showing them using half-cylinder shaped pillows and Bruges style
bobbins, but no information specific to the 16th century. People on
other lists have suggested that I look for woodcuts in the frontispieces
of lace manuals from that period, but of course I would appreciate any
more detailed information that anyone might have.
The two lacemakers on the cover of Bodil Tornehave's "Danske Frihandskniplinger" (Notabene, 1987) seem to be -- judging by their costume -- earlier than 17th c. The picture looks like a woodcut, but I have no idea who did it or when, and I'm no historian... Vibeke?
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