There's a great site for information on Cottier at
http://dentelle-et-papillon.over-blog.com/article-les-fuseaux-cottier-46874641.html
Laurie
http://lacenews.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Waters" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Brian Lemin" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Laurie Waters" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Cottier Bobbin
Jacques Cottier was an early 19th century manufacturer of lacemaking
equipment in France. He published a book called "Manuel Pratique pour
apprendre soi-meme a faire la dentelle aux fuseau", which helped advertise
his equipment. That went through 4 editions, 1902, 1904, 1908, 1913. He is
most well known for his 'encapsulated' bobbin where you screw off the
bottom portion of the bobbon and put in a small spool of thread (which he
conveniently sold). The thread comes out to the shank through a tiny hole.
The bobbin is illustrated in detail in his book. Not terribly practical. A
complete set of these with the original pillow sold a few years ago, it
looks very impressive all put together. Cottier was also one of the early
19th century promotors advocating the 'lace by numbers' system that
quickly made its way into the Torchon Lace Company literature for the
Princess Lace Machine in the USA.
Laurie
http://lacenews.net
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