The jury is out on who made the Bayeux Tapestry. The French claim it, and so do the English. I have 5 books written by various scholars on this subject (on the embroidery side of my library). There are many more, but this is enough for me to collect. There is also a just-published 2012 fictional account that takes place in England. Too spicy to lend or review. Why do today's authors think it is necessary to add these scenes to a story that is so fascinating it does not need this additional "embroidered" fiction? Referencing the Jan Messent book: She designed and stitched her imagined version of the missing 8 foot panel, which is published in "The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story". I believe it is on display at Bayeux. Jan, too, has imagined where it was made and by whom - in the text of her book. (The male scholars do not seem to have much knowledge of embroidery.) I, too, saw the Smithsonian photograph of the needlelace version while in Caen. It is incredible.
Patsy, I think this may have been made in a atelier by many lacemakers trained in the same school, in where? Italy? France? America? I have some large (but not this large) needlelaces that seem to have been from ateliers. They were not signed, making it very difficult to trace. However, I do research on the story being illustrated, and other locations/mediums illustrating the same mythology (or whatever). Catherine, The fact that lace was rarely signed and dated has been a problem for scholars and museum personnel ever since large museums were established in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lace traveled, either legally or smuggled. Lace was often made as part laces - elements by different lacemakers (deliberately, so that they knew very little about the entire design and techniques). The concept of documentation would not have entered the minds of uneducated poor lacemakers or the agents who brought their laces to market. By the 19th C., lace made to be sold in department stores did bear labels. The owners usually removed them, never thinking that there would be provenance interest by subsequent owners. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------- In a message dated 9/23/2012 5:33:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kar...@cox.net writes: Years ago I visited the Bayeux Tapestry in France. I believe the Tapestry was made by many different people. I wonder if the same can be said for the needlelace piece? Patsy A. Goodman, Chula Vista, CA, USA ---------------------------------------------- ---- Catherine Barley <catherinebar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I was fortunate enough to see the photograph in Caen this summer and > hopefully someone may be able to throw some light on the questions 'who, > when' where and why'? If only these antiques laces could speak and tell us > who they belonged to, designer and maker and if made for a special occasion. > This just shows how important it is to include these details with our lace, > for the benefit of future generations. > Subject: [lace] Bayeux Tapestry in needlelace ------------------------------------------------------------- > >I am still looking for answers to the who, when, where and why about > > the Bayeux Tapestry in needle lace. Now my blog is posted on the > > Smithsonian website: > > > > http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/ > > > > -Karen - 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/albums/most-recent
