"Fillings from Hunnia Lace" Anna Ruhle - Gizella Fay, Aladarne ISBN: 2-35032-022-7, 2006, 95 pages, Hardcover Published by L'Inedite (France) www.editionslinedite.com
Please note that the cover lace "Dance of the Brownies" is privately owned, and not represented by a pattern in the book! The author, Anna Ruhle, was born in Hungary. She relocated to Germany in 1948, eventually settling in Dresden. In 1998 and 2000, she joined with Ildiko Onodi-Szabo, Sandorne (granddaughter of Gizella Fay, Aladame) to produce two lace booklets "Hunnia I" and "Hunnia II". These are in the Hungarian language. Now, with the support of several European lace experts, a comprehensive new hardback book with all-new Hunnia lace material has been published in France, in German/English/French with a Hungarian translation available separately. In the early years of lacemaking in Hungary, patterns came from Germany. The creator of Hunnia lace was Gizella Fay, Aladarne (1871-1944). She turned her drawings of flowers into bobbin lace, and following the 1906 tulip movement in Hungary she made a top (blouse) for herself of bobbin lace with tulip motifs. This lace top went to London for an exhibition in 1909. She then turned many folk art motifs into bobbin lace. When it became a commercial venture, the name Hunnia lace was given to it. In 1949 three kinds of Hungarian lace, Pannonia (bobbin), Hunnia (bobbin), and Halas (needle) were united under the auspices of the association for household industries (people making lace for sale). Though there was much turmoil in Hungary in the 20th C., this type of lace survived. For this book it has been reconstructed from old lace pieces or photographs. The book is basically divided into two sections. 1. Flowers and a peacock design. These are individual motifs, which can be worked together to create a larger lace, in a technique that somewhat resembles Milanese lace. On the first page of each design there is a photograph and a materials list (thread and # bobbins), on the facing page are step-by-step written instructions with small illustrations below to illustrate important features. The following two pages have pricking (s), often facing in two directions, and an enlarged working diagram and enlarged drawings of details. 2. 100 fillings, plus two symbols pages and prickings, that you can copy and use for trying your own ideas and making motifs that differ from those shown in section 1. The delightful designs of Hunnia lace evoke the Hungarian culture, and provide a new creative challenge for lacemakers.. Suppliers: http://www.editionslinedite.com http://www.barbara.fay.de Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - where it is believed the history of women, as reflected in their lace and embroidery creations, should be preserved! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
