I looked through the book Elena linked. It has pre-Colombian examples of bobbin lace,also, which reminded me of a post on Facebook Lacemakers a while back by Arlene Scaroni who is working on replicating lace found in Native American mounds in Oklahoma. I believe it was similar to netting, used for holding pottery. She demonstrates a technique where the bobbin threads hang on a structure rather than working on a flat surface. If I remember right, she suggests it’s possible early European explorers learned the technique from the indigenous people and took the knowledge back to Europe.
An IOLI.lecture from the doily free zone creator, however, mentioned a recent discovery of bobbin lace in a European grave from the early 1400s, though more details won’t be available until a study is published. I guess that would negate the Western Hemisphere first theory. But we’re learning more all the time about ancient travels, so who knows.It's interesting to contemplate. I did not trim the message below to keep the context & link and because it’s short. Jean Reardon, western Pennsylvania > On Jan 5, 2022, at 5:01 PM, Elena Kanagy-Loux <enkanagyl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Lorri, > > I realized that I also meant to include a link to the digitized version of > "American Lace and Lacemakers," which was published in 1924. If I recall it > has some useful information about the early colonial period: > https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001983065 > > Best Wishes, > 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/
