It might be a good idea to check out the book by Gillian Dye ‘Introducing Bone Lace’. The Isham bone lace samples from Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire formed part of her research.
Diana > On 21 Feb 2018, at 18:43, Elena Kanagy-Loux <enkanagyl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all! > > I am researching the development of the lace industry at the moment, and I > have a fairly extensive bibliography, but there is one reference that I have > only seen in one place. > > In Thomas Wright’s “Romance of the Lace Pillow,” on page 8 he makes a > distinction between bone lace as being finer, and bobbin lace as being > coarser. My other trusted sources (Levey, Palliser, Earnshaw, etc) make no > distinction, and my understanding has always been that bone lace is just an > early name for bobbin lace. What say you all? Are there any other sources to > support this or should I take it with a grain of salt? > > Thank you! > Best, > 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/ - 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/
