Re: [lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam
maybe she is attaching the bobbin lace she made to a garment? Thank you, Jo, for the page of links! Tonnie McB Phoenix, AZ, USA bevw wrote: In the painting , interesting that the despondent father has two daughters making bobbin lace - the third one gazing out at us is doing another sort of handwork, has a cushion on her lap and a cloth - is she embroidering? doing needlelace? - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam
> purpose, but did not want to be seen giving money to the girls. One story > says he climbed onto the roof and dropped it down the chimney! > > So maybe this is the origin of Santa Claus ( derived from St. Nicholas) coming > down the chimney. another version is he told the father to put the girls' shoes/socks (it varies) outside - and the next morning there were gold coins in the shoes/socks. I like to think that is the source of the tradition of putting gold-foil-covered chocolate coins in the children's stockings at Christmas. In the painting , interesting that the despondent father has two daughters making bobbin lace - the third one gazing out at us is doing another sort of handwork, has a cushion on her lap and a cloth - is she embroidering? doing needlelace? -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam
Angela - de-lurking after a very long time. Will tell you why in a later letter. Gon Homburg wrote: Last week an article was published in our newspaper about a painting of Cornelis de Vos. It was purchased by a museum in Amsterdam, called Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. In English the museum is called Our Lord in the Attic. Originally it was a Roman Catholic church, called St. Nicholas Church. The painting they bought is about the legend of St. Nicholas, who was a bishop in Myra, Turkey. On this painting a father with three daughters. Two of them are making bobbin lace. This reminds me of a painting in York Minster, I do not know the artist, but it shows St Nicholas outside a house looking in through a window. Inside a father sits on a chair, while in a bed are his three daughters, you can see their heads poking out. On the window-sill outside, St. Nicholas has placed a bag of money. One legend says that St. Nicholas, who was the patron saint of children, was concerened for very poor or orphaned girls, who without money for a Dowry, were unable to get married. He collected money from the rich for this purpose, but did not want to be seen giving money to the girls. One story says he climbed onto the roof and dropped it down the chimney! So maybe this is the origin of Santa Claus ( derived from St. Nicholas) coming down the chimney. Angela in Worcestershire [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam
Hi Gon, and eveyrone on the list, Thank you for sharing this information with us, Gon. How interesting that de Vos thought it important to have lacemakers in his painting - that would have been in th 1600's.- I searched for the museum of Our Lord of the Attic, and there is a good site here: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl/engels/enindex.html > Last week an article was published in our newspaper about a painting > of Cornelis de Vos. It was purchased by a museum in Amsterdam, called > Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. In English the museum is called Our Lord >... > with three daughters. Two of them are making bobbin lace. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Painting with bobbin lacers in Amsterdam
Dear Arachnes, Last week an article was published in our newspaper about a painting of Cornelis de Vos. It was purchased by a museum in Amsterdam, called Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. In English the museum is called Our Lord in the Attic. Originally it was a Roman Catholic church, called St. Nicholas Church. The painting they bought is about the legend of St. Nicholas, who was a bishop in Myra, Turkey. On this painting a father with three daughters. Two of them are making bobbin lace. Happy lacing, Gon Homburg Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The winter is coming. It was cold today. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
