Baubles Beads and Spangles on Lace Bobbins
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A web article by Brian Lemin (October 2008) on the beads, baubles and spangles hung from the ends of English East Midlands lace bobbins. It covers the history and manufacture of glass beads (wound, drawn, moulded, lampworked), trade beads, and the author's attempt to make beads by historical methods. It then catalogs spangle types (traditional, hinged, Steeple Claydon, birdcage, mourning, oddity) and many bead types from Wright's and the Springetts' lists, with many photographs, and closes with bead folklore and superstition.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 15
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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