Hi Brian -
It's nice to see you back on Arachne and busy cataloging bobbins again!
I think that the French bobbins you're talking about are those that were
made in and around Queyras. As closely as I can tell, this is in the
southeast of France, near Italy,
There is a lovely little book called, "Dentelles du Queyras et des
Vallees Voisines", written by Claire Le Goaziou. I can't find a
publication date, but the ISBN is 978-2-914866-13-2. There are many
pictures of these beautiful chip-caarved bobbins in this book.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA
On 9/21/2010 12:30 AM, Brian Lemin wrote:
I am getting together information for a short article on chip carving
and "scrimshaw" on lace bobbins.
I seem to remember that there was a place in France that used to (I
believed they have now stopped) highly carve their bobbins. They were
sort of short and fat? It was a "wood carving" sort of tourist
place... I think towards the Swiss border?????
Can anyone tell me
1. where it was,
2. Where I can find a pictures of one... or even buy one.
The other antique bobbins that almost come into this category are the
beautiful coloured (often) and carved antique Normandy bobbins. These
are of interest to me also.
Thanks a lot.
From Brian and Jean
Cooranbong. Australia
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