Someone gave me a copy of a painting (just on A4 glossy paper) of a mother teaching her small child lacemaking. She has a bolster pillow on a stand, and the bobbins are spangled.
There is no name or painter marked, so I have no idea who painted it , and where it came from, but it is a lovely picture of the passing down of the skills of the craft. It looks to me to be a bit early Victorian - hair parted down the centre (both mother and child,) and the mother is wearing a bonnet cap with a small frill around the front. It is untied, as there is a string/ribbon falling from the cap down her front. She is leaning over the child, one arm over the child's shoulder to move a bobbin, and the little girl has her hand up and away from the pillow. They are both concentrating on the area of work. The lace coming off the pillow is wrapped in a pink cloth or bag which hangs down the back of the pillow. They appear to be wooden bobbins, and definitely have spangles on the bottom of them. It is a very 'dark" picture - very dark background, and the mothers clothing, so you can't see much behind the faces and pillow, - except for a wooden chair to one side. I have often wondered about it, and would love to know more, but don't know where to start looking. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. [email protected] - 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
