Naive Decorations on East Devon Bobbins
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A May 2014 illustrated article by Brian Lemin on the simple, childlike ('naive') decorations found on a minority of East Devon lace bobbins, set against the usual chip-carved triangles filled with red or black wax. He speculates on who decorated them (shop decorators, young men giving bobbins on St Valentine's Day, children, sailors) without reaching a firm answer. Most of the document is a captioned gallery of photographed bobbins showing anchors, suns, fish, a cat, foliage, spirals, initials and dates, divided into 'primitive inclusions' and 'total primitive' designs.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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