Hello everyone, I have a question about lace pillows in the 17th century Dutch Republic that I hope you can help me with.
I'm giving a talk at the end of the week on lacemaking in Holland in the 17th century, focusing mainly around Nicolaes Maes's 1656 portrait "The Lacemaker" (as seen at the link). https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436932?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=the+lacemaker&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 Although I have combed through several books that discuss global bobbin pillow types (such as Gertrude Whiting's Tools and Toys of Stitchery) there is not much information on Dutch pillows.The pillow pictured appears to be similar to one of the Belgian pillows pictured in Whiting's book, which makes sense, but there is not much detail about it. It is certainly I type I have seen depicted but not described often. Can anyone point me towards more specific information? Thank you very much! All the Best, Elena - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
