_Le Pompe, 1559: Patterns for Venetian bobbin lace_, by Santina Levey and Patricia Payne. Published in the UK by Ruth Bean, and distributed in the USA by Robin & Russ Handweavers. Copyright 1983.
ISBN 0-903585-16-2.
Some of the patterns have been set up like modern prickings, and there are examples of some laces made from those prickings, but they've always struck me as a bit...flimsier than lace from that particular time period.
As far as sources for copies of the book go, I'd recommend doing some haunting of the rare-book and out-of-print book websites. I've had good luck with Abebooks and Alibris, and I know there are others out there. Or maybe ebay (hey, you never know!), or something like amazon-uk, since it's originally a British publication.
You might also try contacting Robin & Russ (I know they have a website), or go through someone like VanScriver (great folks....I managed to snag a copy of Burkhard through them).
--sue, reactivating her cloaking/lurking device....
Mary Robi wrote:
Hello Arachne's,
In my thirst for lace knowedge, I've been reading the histories of lace and have seen mentioned in several places (web sites and books) the pattern book Le Pompe. I've seen a few patterns here and there, but not translated into anything that really looks like today's patterns
I've searched all the book sites I know of and the book is apparently out of print. Do any of you know where I can get patterns from the book, or where I might get a copy? Have the patterns from the book been interpreted and translated into patterns that are familier to us today?
I've seen pictures, drawings really from the book, but it wasn't in a form I could understand as a pattern.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
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