[lace] Men making lace with beards in bags
Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: “Somewhere I read of some old men on the continent,(6 or 7 of them, I think.) who taught lacemaking at a lace School - and their beards were so long they had them tied up in little bags to keep them out of the way of the pins!” Do take a look at Tønder in Mrs. Palliser. It has been told that a man by the name of Steenbeck from Westphalia introduced lacemaking to Tønder in 1646, and he imported the old men to teach lace. Research has shown that Steenbeck was an entrepreneur and that he very successfully avoided paying tax as a citizen of Tønder for years. This story has been much discussed and ‘disproved’ by some, it looks as if it was first published in 1758. Westphalia was not a lace area. However, somebody says they have seen that the miners in the Erzgebirge made lace with their beards in bags. I don’t find it difficult to imagine that Steenbeck imported thread from Westphalia and old men from the Erzgebirge. The other point is the problem of the date. A lacemaker found a Gold Horn in 1639, and our King Christian IV bought lace in the area several times in 1619-20. However, ‘to introduce lacemaking’ has changed its meaning, for us it is the craft becoming known, but in the 18th cent. It meant establishing an industry, and Steenbeck might well be the first major lace dealer, thanks to his knowledge of business and the old men. Vibeke in Copenhagen - 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/
[lace] Men making lace
In my history research on lacemaking in the East Midlands there are numerous mentions of men in the area making lace during the 18/19th centuries. The 1777 militia list includes a number of lace men, dealers and workers below the age of 45years. An article from the Northampton County Independent newspaper dated 1929 in which three sisters interviewed recalled their grandfather, Joseph Henson was a highly skilled lacemaker at the beginning of the 19th century. My favourite (though I can't lay my hands on the original at the moment) was the recollections of a little girl who remembered that after she had gone to bed at night her father, who had been working on the land all day, would take up her pillow and works some heads of lace for her. Diana in a cold, white Northamptonshire Sent from my iPad - 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/
[lace] Men making lace
That is absolutely beautiful work, David.Vaga, vaga ilus, as they say in Estonia. And while you are at this web-site click on Men n' Lace at the top of the page, then click on the name Priit Halberg just under David Collyer. Priit is Estonian. Make sure that you also look at his photos on Flicker. Pene in Tartu, Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] men making lace
At 07:15 PM 10/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: I don't think anyone has mentioned an American man who tats, Dan Rush-Fischer . When he lived in California, he won the tatting prizes at the county fairs The winner of the top tatting award at the Oregon State Fair is a man, every other year. Sorry, I don't remember his name. His work is exquisite. He wins every other year because of a ruling that the same person cannot be the top winner two consecutive years. He knows that, on alternate years, he may get a first but not the grand champion. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon - Summer ended. It's damp and chilly now. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Men making lace :-)
Scoff not! Iain makes lace when we are on holiday which is 7 weeks a year. He thinks it helped him re design our bobbins and to understand more when talking to the ladies in our business. :-) KEEP LACING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Men making lace :-)
I seem to have created the impression that I think it's odd for men to make lace - I don't. I know at least three male lacemakers personally, and they all make superior lace to me. It was the expression 'man made lace' that tickled me, putting a gender on the maker (so there should obviously also be 'woman made lace' as well ), and conjured up a humorous picture - but then I have a very strange sense of humour. It's an odd expression to use - 'man made fibres' yes, but surely 'hand made lace' or 'machine made lace'. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Men making Lace
What a sensible man Iain Biggins must be! Good on Him, I say! I can understand his idea that it should help him with the business. I am sure the customers think the same. Long may he make lace. from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, where it is cold and wet! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
