Quoting Land of Oz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > This image is a little earlier than your request but > > it shows a sewing basket. > > http://tinyurl.com/2bcbfp > > I'm sure there is more symbolism in that painting than you could shake a > stick at ... and I'd be interested in the whole story (off list) but if I > could only have one explanation, I'd like to know about that little vase > inside the cupboard doors of that little stool. The one with the bird > perched on it.
I was wondering about the ants! > As for the thread -- doesn't that look like a section of bone? Like a cow's > leg bone or something with a largish diameter. It looks slightly curved. Or > maybe a smaller round bone that is a whole section. That would be very much > like a modern thread spool, but the perspective of the piece in the painting > doesn't show the cross-section. I thought it looked like a card that had buckled under the tension of the thread wrapped around it. Emma _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
