Thanks for the clarification, Beth!! Clay
Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10/16/2005 6:53:27 PM > Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US > > As an alumni of the University of Arizona - but not in textiles... I feel > I must make a wee correction. The museum is the Arizona State Museum, in > Tucson, on the U of A campus. Not on the Arizona State University campus > which is in Tempe. Chief rival thing and all that. Anyway, the State > Museum and the Arizona Historical Society Museum (adjacent to UofA campus) > were two of my favorite haunts when I was a student. > > Beth McCasland > in the suburbs of New Orleans > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Lynn Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Tess Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 10/16/05 5:38:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US > > > > Given the fact that Arizona State has a museum which houses the > masterpiece > > of early sprang, AND has had the wisdom of supporting the scholarship of > > our own "Professor" who has hosted the lace archives, would it be safe to > > say that Arizona State has a world-class program in fiber arts? It > > certainly appears so to me. > > > > Clay > > > > Clay Blackwell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/peris2.shtml > > > > > > The name "sprang" for this group of techniques is Scandinavian, but the > > > technique has been found all over the world. (Another name for it, to > add > > > to the confusion, is "knotless netting".) > > > > > > If you have a copy of Gertrude Whiting's "Old-Time Tools & Toys of > > > Needlework", page 79 shows a sprang frame with work in progress that > looks > > > somewhat like a piece of knitted lace. The "List of Illustrations" in > the > > > front of the book (page X) calls this "Egypto-Ruthenian Lace with > > > Stretcher-Frame". > > > > > > Her description, written in the 1920's, says "Call it a loom, a frame, a > > > stretcher -- what you will. A Greek term has been applied to the > recently > > > discovered spinning-knee of Greece, so perhaps an Egyptian word meaning > > > "stretcher-frame" should be given to this appliance. As shown in the > > > picture, the wires under and over which the thread is first set up can > be > > > tightened by means of pegs. By manipulating the threads in the center > -- > > > lifting one in front of the other -- a double stitch is produced, one > > > accumulating above, a like one at the same time below, in this way > forming > > > with one set of operations two identical strips of lace." > > > > > > The photo appears in the chapter called "Instruments of Precision -- > > > Measures", but the only description of the piece I have found in the > book > > > is the one below the photo itself, and the title in the list of > > illustrations. > > > > > > Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA > > > alwen at i2k dot com > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
