I'm sorry, Lorelei, but I'm confused. What are Illustrations 2 and 3? I don't know anything about the article except what is written there.
The pillow basically a bolster pillow. Spanier arbeit is closest to braid or tape laces. The braid is 4 warp strands (like 2 pairs of passives) made of soft cord. The weft or single worker appears to be a thin ribbon of silver. The structure is cloth stitch, except that it appears to be formed by weaving, not by the cross/twist motions of bobbin lace. I didn't get a good look at the part with the pins but it appears to be worked over a pricking or pattern that looks like a tape lace pattern. The braid is held in place by bobbin lace ground or sewings. I'm not sure because I didn't get a good look and I was trying to be inconspicuous when taking these photos (photography isn't permitted in this museum for copyright reasons). http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/5076972597/ Here's a link to an enlargement of a finished atarah (collar of a tallit or prayer shawl) but the work is so dense that it's nearly impossible to make out the structure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/5077567724/sizes/o/in/set-72157625028964553/ The person who got in touch with me, Arthur Miller of Brooklyn NY, has a commercial interest. I told him he would probably have to open a sweatshop if he hoped to make a profit from this kind of work. He asked me how long it would take to make a panel 5.5 x 30 inches. That's quite a sizeable piece of work, unless one is working with a very coarse materials or a manufactured braid. Avital On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Lorelei Halley <[email protected]> wrote: > Avital > Interesting. Where are these illustrations 2 and 3? I looked at your > flickr photos, but can't see the actual thing being made, so I can't see the > structure. The article's description of the pillow sounded like a Spanish > bobbin lace pillow, but your illustration doesn't look at all like one. Lace > before 1400 would have been knotted square netting (fisherman's net), on a > small scale, embroidered. I don't know anything about the dating for Chebka > (Tunisian needlelace) or puncetto or oya. I don't know if they are older > than punto in aria. > > http://lacenews.net/?s=Chebka Laurie Waters' article. > > Lorelei > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avital" <[email protected]> > To: "Arachne.com" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:37 PM > Subject: [lace] Spanier arbeit > > >> Dear spiders, >> >> I received an email from someone in NY who wanted to know whether I >> knew of anyone who makes Spanier arbeit today. Here's an article, if >> you're not sure what it is: >> >> http://www.thejewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=17496 >> >> The person who emailed me contacted David Farkas, mentioned in the >> article, but he wasn't interested in helping him. I was approached >> because he found this photo I took in the Israel Museum: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/5076972597/in/photostream/ >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
