RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-05 Thread Laurie Waters
This is going to need some photos, so I’ll 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

RE: [lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-05 Thread DevonThein
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

[lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace

2019-03-05 Thread Laurie Waters
If you will notice in the comments section on the New York Times article on the Rembrandt, I've put in a comment saying that this is obviously not bobbin lace, but needle lace. The painting is so good that you can easily tell. This has been discussed a little offline, and others are agreeing

[lace] A Rembrandt discovered due to the lace, Christian IV's laces of same period

2019-03-05 Thread Jeri Ames
Dear Historians - especially those new to the study of Lace, The New York Times article from Devon leads me to recommend a book about the period when Rembrandt was painting.  Devon mentions Sweden's king and the wearing of a red ribbon to secure the end of a thin braid.  This is very clearly