How Was it that Bobbins Became Interesting?
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A short 2020 essay by Brian Lemin proposing that English lace bobbins became interesting to makers, collectors and writers around 1850, when the treadle lathe and better steel tools allowed finer, more varied turning. It traces the development of woodturning from the pole lathe and two-handed lathe to the treadle lathe, and relates this to the lack of early written descriptions of lace bobbins before about 1900. It argues that bobbin makers then became designers, offering spangling, varied shapes, other materials and inscribed messages. Illustrations show early lathes and an engraved plate of bobbins and pillow equipment.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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