Hi Jeri and all.
I am only aware of two books that the Spanish can accede to know more
about their lace history: That of 'Spanish lace and lacemaking' by
Florence May and 'Catálogo de encajes' by Maria Angeles Gonzalez Mena.
Unfortunately, other French and English authors ignore practically
Spanish laces, excepting those called 'Puntos de España'.
Incidentally, there are references to, and pictures of, lacemakers 3 years old
- an age our generation thinks is impossible. They have been dressed up
in their finest clothes, but so have the adults!
Yes Jeri! there are yet children learning bobbin lace by here...just in
the last Diada (26Th. May), we realized that among the 2.200 lace
participants demonstrating, they could be observed people of different
lace generations.
I just mounted a short slide show, showing ladies of 80 years, middle
ages, young, even a child of 4 years
Here it is a link to the pictures:
http://www.puntaires.com/mm/file/lace-generation.mp4
another link, reporting The 26Th. Diada de la Puntaire:
http://www.puntaires.com/en/26diadapuntaire.html
Scrolling down the page you will find a video of the event.
Enjoy
Kind regards
Carolina. Barcelona. Spain
http://www.arolgallego.com
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