Thank you Brenda for that, I found out about many things concerning the Queens wardrobe it made fascinating reading also made me very curious to know more.... I shall be looking into that . Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK
Sent from my iPad > On 21 Feb 2018, at 21:57, Brenda Paternoster <paternos...@appleshack.com> > wrote: > > What Thomas Wright actually wrote is > ‘ "…bone-lace it is named, because first made with bone (since wooden) > bobbins.” > > In the wardrobe accounts of Queen Elizabeth’s day the terms “bone lace” > (which was made with a fine thread) and “bobbin lace” (which was made with > a coarser thread) often occur - “bone,” however more frequently than > “bobbin.” > > 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 he’s saying that the term bone lace occurs more > frequently than the term bobbin lace and although he says that bobbin lace is > coarser he doesn’t 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 I’s > 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 Chamberlain’s 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 it’s 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 Wright’s “Romance of the Lace Pillow,” 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/ - 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/
