What Thomas Wright actually wrote is â "â¦bone-lace it is named, because first made with bone (since wooden) bobbins.â
In the wardrobe accounts of Queen Elizabethâs day the terms âbone laceâ (which was made with a fine thread) and âbobbin laceâ (which was made with a coarser thread) often occur - âbone,â however more frequently than âbobbin.â In the first quoted sentence he appears to be saying that bone lace was just an earlier name for bobbin lace. In the second sentence heâs saying that the term bone lace occurs more frequently than the term bobbin lace and although he says that bobbin lace is coarser he doesnât provide a source to corroborate that statement. Maybe looking at the wardrobe accounts of Queen Elizabeth I would shed light on it. A couple of interesting websites about Queen Elizabeth Iâs http://www.elizabethancostume.net/blog/warrants-101/ <http://www.elizabethancostume.net/blog/warrants-101/> and http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte/ElizabethI <http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte/ElizabethI> BTW the references in the second website which begin PRO LC 5/ are old references, they should now be TNA LC 5/ PRO = Public record office which is now known as The National Archives (TNA) at Kew, London LC = Lord Chamberlainâs Department and 5= Great Wardrobe Just looking at one of the items on TNA Discovery database http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C213973 <http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C213973> shows that itâs a public record available for public viewing, but not digitised or online so it would be necessary to visit TNA in person to see the original. > > In Thomas Wrightâs âRomance of the Lace Pillow,â on page 8 he makes a distinction between bone lace as being finer, and bobbin lace as being coarser. My other trusted sources (Levey, Palliser, Earnshaw, etc) make no distinction, and my understanding has always been that bone lace is just an early name for bobbin lace. What say you all? Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
