The Lace School Movement occurred in the late XIX th century into the XXth It was early in Ireland, an attempt to help women financially during the difficult times
of the potato famine, and spread world wide. Bobowa was one of the villages involved in the Lace School Movement out of Vienna. If I remember correctly there were 70 lace schools out of Vienna. Bobowa was one of the very few in Poland. There were several Czech villages that were also part of those out of Vienna. And a word about Minnesota, my home-- Lace schools also existed there. There were several women from the Native tribes who were learning lace taught by Bishop Whipple's missionaries. Queen Victoria had some of their pieces. As in many of the lace schools, the lace familiar to the teacher was taught. In other words, not always bobbin lace. There is very little bobbin lace in Poland. The costume in Dolny Slask (south west) has bobbin lace on the woman's hat. There is much German influence in that region and the costurmes show that also. Koniakow, also in the south west, in Beskidi Slask, is well known (very good PR) for their crocheted lace. (My speculation about this lace: It appears to me to be an attempt to copy Italian bobbin lace using crocheting technique. Remember copying royalty has always been a popular activity in all times and all places. Bona Sfzora was a Polish queen from Italy.) Many of the costurmes from various regions of Poland are trimmed with crocheted lace but there is none on the one from Beskidi Slask. The newer costumes from the northern region of Kaszuby where I now live have a small amount of narrow crocheted trim on the head piece, but it is mostly machine made. Blanche Krbechek - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
