As an alumni of the University of Arizona - but not in textiles... I feel I must make a wee correction. The museum is the Arizona State Museum, in Tucson, on the U of A campus. Not on the Arizona State University campus which is in Tempe. Chief rival thing and all that. Anyway, the State Museum and the Arizona Historical Society Museum (adjacent to UofA campus) were two of my favorite haunts when I was a student.
Beth McCasland in the suburbs of New Orleans > [Original Message] > From: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lynn Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Tess Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10/16/05 5:38:21 PM > Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US > > Given the fact that Arizona State has a museum which houses the masterpiece > of early sprang, AND has had the wisdom of supporting the scholarship of > our own "Professor" who has hosted the lace archives, would it be safe to > say that Arizona State has a world-class program in fiber arts? It > certainly appears so to me. > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/peris2.shtml > > > > The name "sprang" for this group of techniques is Scandinavian, but the > > technique has been found all over the world. (Another name for it, to add > > to the confusion, is "knotless netting".) > > > > If you have a copy of Gertrude Whiting's "Old-Time Tools & Toys of > > Needlework", page 79 shows a sprang frame with work in progress that looks > > somewhat like a piece of knitted lace. The "List of Illustrations" in the > > front of the book (page X) calls this "Egypto-Ruthenian Lace with > > Stretcher-Frame". > > > > Her description, written in the 1920's, says "Call it a loom, a frame, a > > stretcher -- what you will. A Greek term has been applied to the recently > > discovered spinning-knee of Greece, so perhaps an Egyptian word meaning > > "stretcher-frame" should be given to this appliance. As shown in the > > picture, the wires under and over which the thread is first set up can be > > tightened by means of pegs. By manipulating the threads in the center -- > > lifting one in front of the other -- a double stitch is produced, one > > accumulating above, a like one at the same time below, in this way forming > > with one set of operations two identical strips of lace." > > > > The photo appears in the chapter called "Instruments of Precision -- > > Measures", but the only description of the piece I have found in the book > > is the one below the photo itself, and the title in the list of > illustrations. > > > > Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA > > alwen at i2k dot com > > > > - > > 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
