The Lace Bobbins of East Devon
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An illustrated booklet by Brian Lemin (2002) on the decorated lace bobbins used in East Devon, the Honiton lace area. It gives a brief history of Honiton lace and its trade, then describes standard and trolly bobbins, decoration methods (riggled rings, nitric acid staining, carving, painting, bone bobbins) and motifs such as ships, hearts, bricks, flowers, birds and mermaids. It discusses links to sailors' scrimshaw and ends with an appendix on the sloop Asp, which appears on bobbins, with an excerpt from Jane Austen's Persuasion. Most pages carry photographs of bobbins from museum and private collections.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 22
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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