Kitty Fisher. Rhyme, Beads and Lace
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A short illustrated essay by Brian Lemin (December 2010) on Kitty Fisher, the 18th-century London courtesan, and her link to the "Kitty Fisher" glass bead used on English bobbin lace-making bobbins. It covers her biography, anecdotes from Casanova and others, the design and folklore of the bead including the evil-eye associations, and the origin of the nursery rhyme "Lucy Locket". It ends with a reproduced 1994 Daily Mail newspaper article on Kitty Fisher. It contains photographs of beads and reproductions of portraits, and no weaving drafts.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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