In message <7B98BF86F87D47718178D9A56B2808B8@HomePC>, Brian Lemin
<brid...@bigpond.com> writes
I want to write an article in favour of restoring antique lace bobbins, but I
am afraid that I might lose too many lovely friends on Arachne if I put it in
writing!
I think bobbins are tools to be used, and there is nothing sadder than
seeing a display frame of bobbins that will never be used again... so
restoring them to use is OK - but a record, both in pictures and
writing, should be kept of what they were like before restoration and
how they were restored. It goes without saying that any restoration
should, as far as possible, replace what was there before "like for
like".
A lot may depend on the value of the individual bobbin - to a worker,
one that's head has broken may be worthless, but to a collector a rare
bobbin even with a broken head may be priceless, and at the end of the
day only the owner can decide whether being able to use a tool is more
important than its sale value.
--
Jane Partridge
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