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Bobbins are used in spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, and
lacemaking. In
these practices,
bobbins were
invented to "manage the
piles of thread...
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Lacemaking in
Croatia (Croatian: Čipkarstvo u Hrvatskoj) is a
tradition dating back to the
Renaissance when
lacemaking began spreading throughout the Mediterranean...
- noblewomen,
using it as a pastime. Some of the
wives of
doges also
supported lacemaking in the Republic. One,
Giovanna Malipiero Dandolo,
showed support in 1457...
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until the
Industrial Revolution and the
coming of
mechanization hand-
lacemaking continued to be
practiced throughout Europe,
suffering only in
those periods...
- Lace
tells were also used in
lacemaking schools to
increase the
speed of work and to
inculcate discipline and
lacemaking skills in the children, including...
-
coastal town of Ipswich, M****achusetts
north of Boston, a
community of
lacemaking arose in the 18th century.
Puritan settlers to the area
likely made and...
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Armenian lacemaking is
thought to date back to
before the 15th or 16th centuries.
Although no
textiles are
preserved from that time,
lacemaking seems to...
- it in 1820. When she left the
district the
teaching of
Carrickmacross lacemaking was
continued by Miss Reid of Rahans, but it was only
after the Great...
- from
Bedfordshire in the 19th century, and made in the
English Midlands lacemaking area. It was
worked as a
continuous width on a
bolster pillow. It is a...
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which originated in France, but
spread elsewhere, such as the
English lacemaking areas.
Elizabeth Mincoffr (1981).
Pillow Lace. Ruth Bean. ISBN 0-903585-10-3...
