Hi All, Nest time I speak to my friend Margaret, I will ask her what Anghared (Welsh name) her daughter is up to now. Margaret's heritage is Italian and her daughter went to Italy a number of years ago to catalogue the Lace collection of a prominent noblewoman, of the 1800s I think, for her PhD. Anghared did a Visual Arts Degree at Wollongong University and then did Honours on Lace History.
Her lace adventure started with lessons for children given by Rosemary Shepherd at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Rixon is their family name. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:54:48 +0100 > Subject: [lace] Quote of bobbin lace in 1476 > From: tiziana...@gmail.com > To: lace@arachne.com > > Hello All, > following the thread about origin/history of bobbin and needle lace I think > it could be interesting to mention a quote of bobbin lace in 1476. > In the book "Isabella , Beatrice e Alfonso d' Este" written by Luigi Gandini > ( not sure about the date of publication, I believe is around the end of > 19th century) there is a quote from an inventory of 1476 when Eleonora D' > Aragona , duchess of Ferrara, ordered to some of her dames to make > "cordella" with "piombini" the name of the precursors of the "fuselli" > (bobbins). > > Please, forgive me if this has been already mentioned and I didn't notice > it. > > Kind Regards > Tiziana > Taranto (Italy) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ It's simple! Sell your car for just $40 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
