Hello Elena, The only information I could find is a book in German, which was edited in 2002, about the collection of (Hannelore Schulte of) old lace pillows in Europe. I am sending a picture of the cover page to you privately. I wish you the very best of success regarding your talk!!!!
Regards, Maria Greil a German lace maker living in Spain El mié., 4 sept. 2019 a las 18:10, Elena Kanagy-Loux (< [email protected]>) escribió: > 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&sortB y=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 [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - 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/
