East Midland Spangled Bobbins
Sample pages
Page 1, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
A July 1998 discussion paper by Brian Lemin speculating on why England developed the thin East Midland bobbin and why it came to be spangled. He reviews references to bone as the first lace bobbins (Palliser, Yallop, Whiting, Tornehave, Morris) and argues that English bobbins stayed thin because they were made of bone. He then weighs several explanations for spangles, including preventing rolling, thread untwisting, thread quality, and flatter English pillows. It ends with a summary, a call for further discussion, and an annotated reference list.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 15
- Archive notes
- Illustrations lacking
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »