The Shepherds Bobbin from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge - a second look
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A February 2010 informal article by Brian Lemin re-examining a carved wooden lace bobbin (Fitzwilliam Museum T.7-1944, English, c.1795), known as the Shepherd's Bobbin and first described by Carole Morris in Lace magazine in 1990. Working from museum photographs, he flattens the decoration and discusses the initials, leaves, bird, stars, hearts, suns and the lady and shepherd figures, comparing them with East Devon, Downton and South Bucks bobbins from his own collection. He questions whether the bobbin was lathe-turned before carving and whether the spangle and 1795 date fit its style.
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- Web Doc
- Date
- 2011
- Language
- English
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- 8
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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