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In my opinion the flowers in their pot shall only signify to represent a Flower-pot lace. They could be a lot of different flowers they are in a pot not in the water the swan is swimming. Or the swan is on land looking at the flower-pot. Or has somebody put the pot with the flowers into the lake. Or is the swan a soul of a girl like in Swanlake. Ok, I am stoping now. Ilske - 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/
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It could be symbolic of water fowl, rather than a specific bird? There isn't a lot of space in the ground area. The beak being long might have been pleasing in shape to the pattern designer vs. the space occupied by the other floral-type object (water lily? something else entirely?). On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:48 PM, robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote: Ilske Thomsen ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de wrote: I agree the last one hasn't the beak of a swan. . Pelican was my second guess, too. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
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Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote: Also a new swan added to the collection in COPY THIS! But is it a swan? The long neck says yes, the beak and body .? (scroll down on the Copy This Swans webpage -- it's the last swan on the page.) Doesn't look like a swan to me. My first reaction was Loon. They have the long, low body and the long, pointy beak (and long neck) just like the lace birds. Swans are nearly always shown (in my admittedly limited experience) with the wings fanned up over the body, like your other swans. I don't know if loons have symbolic significance in art, but your birds look so much like loons to me. just my opinion, Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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/
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Robin, I agree the last one hasn't the beak of a swan. It looks more like the beak of a pelican but isn't broad enough. In the lace over this one the birds lok like swans on the bodies but their beaks are a bit shorten. But it isn't easy to make birds totally exact in bobbin lace. Ilske - 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/
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Somebody has already suggested a loon - it could also be a grebe, some species have long necks, and they also ride fairly low in the water. By the way - the first swan picture on this page tweaked a faint memory for me - it does look like a swan, but it also looks like a turkey. Some years ago when I was doing a lot of embroidery I was very interested in the wealth of animals and birds in Elizabethan and Stuart embroidery. At that time you saw a lot of turkeys in handwork - they were just being brought in from America and were new and different. I'm not insisting that first bird *is* a turkey, just saying the original maker might not have thought it was a swan. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2013-07-27, at 8:49 AM, Elizabeth Kurella wrote: New at www.LaceCurator.info: What do you call 18th century lace that has Alencon needle lace background and fillings, but motifs of embroidered cloth cutwork? Wonderful fun! That‚s why I say collect lace, not names. Also a new swan added to the collection in COPY THIS! But is it a swan? The long neck says yes, the beak and body∑.? (scroll down on the Copy This Swans webpage -- it's the last swan on the page.) - 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/
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I am going to say duck. Smaller body, longer beak, ubiquitous presence in ponds... Devon - 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/
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Ilske Thomsen ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de wrote: I agree the last one hasn't the beak of a swan. It looks more like the beak of a pelican but isn't broad enough. Pelican was my second guess, too. I've seen pelicans in lace that have similar bills (even though the real thing has that big pouch under its bill) but this bird just seems to say 'loon' to me. There are grebes that look like miniature loons, but they're small and thin. And I've never heard of grebes as symbols. I do believe there's some symbolism to loons, even though I can't remember what. As for ducks, no way. There's no species of duck anywhere in the world that has anywhere near that long a bill. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com Parvum leve mentes capiunt (Little things amuse little minds) - 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/
[lace] New at LaceCurator.info
New at www.LaceCurator.info: What do you call 18th century lace that has Alencon needle lace background and fillings, but motifs of embroidered cloth cutwork? Wonderful fun! Thats why I say collect lace, not names. Also a new swan added to the collection in COPY THIS! But is it a swan? The long neck says yes, the beak and body .? (scroll down on the Copy This Swans webpage -- it's the last swan on the page.) Come see whats new at www.LaceCurator.info - 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/
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Newly published on LaceCurator.info: Swans aSwimming: swans in vintage lace for the bobbin lacemaker to copy. Kates Library for the Inspired Lacemaker: A selection of general technique books, not specific to any technique, for bobbin lacemakers who want to make their own unique pieces. - 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/
