What a good question. There are so many variables that were not in the
equation back then... I've never seen a sociological study that took a
culture and projected it forward based on "modern" advances. That
doesn't mean there haven't been any of course... but just that they
haven't crossed my horizon.
On the flip side of that, I've often wondered where and who I would be,
had I been born 300 years ago. I'm certain I would not be swathed in
lace and living in luxury. I wonder if I had a wooden floor to walk on,
or was it sod? I wonder if my home had more than one room? I wonder if
there were glazed windows? I wonder if I shared my living quarters with
the livestock? I don't like to even consider the issues of children...
how many were born and then died before they reached their toddler years...
To even consider working lace, given the challenges that our ancient
forebears had, is humbling.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA
bev walker wrote:
What would those makers of lace for the cottage industry do if they
lived 'now' instead of 'then'? Would they be technical workers at a
factory, would they be secretaries, bank clerks (erm, customer sales
representatives..), medical assistants? Would they be interested in a
hobby of lacemaking necessarily? I don't know the answer, but I do
wonder.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Clay Blackwell
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women who made
lace to provide for their families hardly gave a thought to pretty bobbins
or spangles.
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of Canada
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