England's Oldest Lace Bobbin. Do We Really Know ?
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A 2011 article by bobbin researcher Brian Lemin asking which is the oldest known English lace bobbin and how reliably bobbins can be dated. He surveys archaeological finds (Oxford Museum Service, a Gloucester midden, a Danish bog find dated 1550, Flemish bobbins from Eye, Suffolk) and then inscribed, dated bobbins from East Devon and Downton, including a c.1795 carved bobbin in the Fitzwilliam Museum and a 1693 Downton bobbin in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. He concludes there is no single answer, and the article includes many photographs of bobbins and a short bibliography.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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