Fascinating topic! The structure she is working on looks much more like a loom than a pillow. I know very little about weaving, but there is at least one type that uses bobbins. The textile which is coming off of the back also looks more like a weaving or tapestry as the pattern seems to take 2 colors to make. I can't wait to hear what others have to say.
Kim On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:01 PM DevonThein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > About 20 years ago I received a question about whether lace was being made > in > Colonial Spanish America. I did not know the answer. I asked a curator at > he > Hispanic Society. He didnât know, but he said it was very likely because > the > Spanish tended to set up these industries in their colonies. I asked > another > scholar at the Met about this and she said it would have to be researched > in > the Codexes. She was involved in a show, The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and > Silverwork, 1530-1830. The show was very striking for the sophistication of > the craftsmanship in the tapestries, as well as the Silver. Also there were > many paintings showing people in Spanish America wearing lace. > Today, on my Instagram stream I was treated to an image from a textile > conservator that really caught my attention. It was from the Codex of > Martinez > Companon. The conservator says it is part of a manuscript sent to the king > of > Spain in the late 18th century. The information about it, in the index, > says > Mestiza de Valles texiendo trensilla. This seems to mean Mestizo woman > weaving > braid. Does this show a woman making bobbin lace? What do people think > about > this? > Here is the link: > > > http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/trujillo-del-peru--volumen-ii/html > /966bf129-a181-4dd1-996b-ac44db7844e2_110.html > <http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/trujillo-del-peru--volumen-ii/htm l/966bf129-a181-4dd1-996b-ac44db7844e2_110.html> > > > Devon > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > - > 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/
