I have read Montupet's book, and it was quite fanciful. How accurate it is is hard to say.
The heroine starts out as a down-trodden young woman who turns to a benevolent man who owns a lace shop. She has refined skills as a needle lacemaker and he hires her. From this beginning, she eventually marries extremely well, buys the lace shop, and invents bobbin lace. Seems a very unlikely scenario in those days... but it did make a good story. I suppose the conditions described could be accurate, in spite of what I considered a major flaw in the book (the scenario). Clay - Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [lace] The Depiction of Lace-makers in 17th century Holland > I haven't read it, but I think the novel by Jean Montupet called the > Lacemaker is one of the few to actually deal with the lives of lacemakers. However, I > believe they are French Needlelacers of the 18th century. > Since the person asked for a "depiction" does she mean a book or a picture? > At the Met last summer they had an engraving of a 17 century lacemaker by an > artist whose name I always get wrong. It is something like Golthius, or > Goltzius. Tamara wrote it down! > The engraving was on loan from the Rijksmuseum. > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
