The one hand especially reminds me of 'pin-putting' although I hold my bobbins heads downwards, whereas the pair she has are angled away from the pillow. A matter of choice or just the way the threads were, at the moment the artist captured/interpreted the movement? In his view via the camera obscura?
I looked through the laces in my copy of De Linnenkast 3 where there is one lace dated 1686 which could be similar to what Vermeer's lacemaker had on her pillow, if laces like that were made where this lacemaker is from (Delft?) On 10/17/11, Sue Babbs <sueba...@comcast.net> wrote: > Yes, I thought she was putting up a pin too. It reminded me of the way I > hold the bobbins when doing that > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Ligeti > > One day, as she watched me lacemaking, she said "Oh!. She is putting up a > pin." "Who is?" I asked. " Vermeer's Lacemaker" was the reply. "She is > holding her hands exactly like you do when you put up a pin!" -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
