The Gertrude Whiting Spangle Illustration
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A 2014 web article by Brian Lemin about a large, elaborate beaded spangle on a South Bucks pewter-ringed bobbin, illustrated in Gertrude Whiting's book Old Time Toys and Tools of Needlework and held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (gift of Mrs. J. Boorman Johnstone, 1910). It gives a short biographical note on Whiting, compares the spangle with other types (East Midland, Steeple Claydon, mourning, birds nest), discusses how practical it would have been for lace making, and offers educated guesses at the trade beads used. Illustrated with photographs of bobbins and spangles.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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