RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace
Working on the LaceNews article - forgive me, been feeling a little under the weather this week. Might be the flu... Laurie Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 10:12:04 + (GMT) From: Catherine Barley Subject: Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace Fascinating article and thank you Jeri for asking Devon to post it on arachne. I've read the latest post about many thinking the collar to be that of needelace and not bobbin lace but can only get the NYT article on my laptop and not my iPad, where I was hoping to enlarge the portrait enabling me to pass an opinion as to whether I think it is needlelace or not, but unfortunately neither mine or my husband's iPad will allow! I shall be watching with interest the discussions on Lace News. Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - 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/
Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace
OK. I’ve been reading Santina Levey this morning, and I think the collar in the Jan Six XI Rembrandt is indeed bobbin lace. Read Levey's remarks on Flemish bobbin lace on p. 23 and take a good look at plates 112 and 135 - 140. The Flemish falling collars are specifically mentioned as being made in bobbin lace, which was much softer than needle lace and very popular for falling collars. Plate 140 is another Rembrandt portrait, with a very similar collar, that she states is bobbin lace. Plate 112 shows an early bedcover of part lace, and it is divided into squares, like reticella but the closeup shows that it is a bobbin-made part lace. When I started making lace I was told that the rectangular make-up was a sure sign of needle lace - but I can see that was wrong information. There is one similar lace piece shown (plate 132, bottom), that is needle lace. To me it looks more fully filled-in, heavier & stiffer than the other pieces. If you look at the Rembrandt portraits, they often show the lace being casually curled up, as if wafting in a breeze. Needle lace didn’t do that. Softness and lightness were the hallmarks of Flemish bobbin laces at this time. I don’t see any reason to challenge Levey over this, or the European expert that Jan Six XI consulted. But, I haven’t read what the people commenting on the NYT article have said. Adele West Vancouver, BC (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/
Re: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace
Fascinating article and thank you Jeri for asking Devon to post it on arachne. I've read the latest post about many thinking the collar to be that of needelace and not bobbin lace but can only get the NYT article on my laptop and not my iPad, where I was hoping to enlarge the portrait enabling me to pass an opinion as to whether I think it is needlelace or not, but unfortunately neither mine or my husband's iPad will allow! I shall be watching with interest the discussions on Lace News. Catherine Barley UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Original message-- Subject : [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace This article appeared in the New York Times magazine section this week. I posted it on the International Organization of Lace's facebook page where it has been very popular. Jeri Ames has encouraged me to post it on arachne as well. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/magazine/rembrandt-jan-six.html There are several interesting things in this article. One is that the dealer Jan Six XI was immediately attracted to the lace on the painting which is a collar style that he claims was only in fashion between 1633-1635. - 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/
RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace
This is going to need some photos, so Iâll write a LaceNews article about it. Laurie From: DevonThein Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 3:37 PM To: Laurie Waters ; lace@arachne.com; Jeri Ames Cc: lswaters...@comcast.net; bennin...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace Could Laurie share with us a bit of the discussion about why this is obviously not bobbin lace? Devon Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> 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/
RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace
Could Laurie share with us a bit of the discussion about why this is obviously not bobbin lace? 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/
