An Early effort to devise terms to describe genres of East Devon Lace Bobbin Decorations (v1)
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A short 2019 working paper by Brian Lemin proposing descriptive terms for classifying the decorations on East Devon (Honiton and Branscombe) lace bobbins. Building on H. J. Yallop's ten decorative categories, it covers decorating methods (chip carving filled with sealing wax, aquafortis staining), then circumferential rings, abstract patterns, foliage and flowers, living creatures, human figures, words, initials and dates, ships, nautical, naive, bricks and diamonds. Illustrated with charts of numbered hand-drawn motifs for triangles, foliage, creatures, humans and ships.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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