East Devon Bobbins
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A web article by Brian Lemin (December 2001, marked as not yet completed) on the lace bobbins of East Devon, England, often called Honiton bobbins. It covers the region's geography, the plain pointed bobbin form, woods used, and decoration: Aqua Fortis ("Agnes Forty") staining, Branscombe riggled rings filled with sealing wax, and incised designs such as triangles, bricks, flora, creatures, ships, initials, dates and inscriptions. It ends with a bibliography (Bellerby, Whiting, Wright, Yallop) and an appeal for information on an unidentified dated bobbin.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- December 2001
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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