{"title":"Stitching the Past: A Reconstruction of Four Italian Bobbin Lace Edgings, 1550-1650.","authors":"Elena Kanagy-Loux","doi":"10.1080/00404969.2024.2371805","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Lacemaking was still in its infancy when the first bobbin lace pattern book,</i> Le Pompe: Opera Nova, <i>was published in Venice, Italy in 1557, but this volume marked the beginning of a century of rapid expansion across Europe. Through the reconstruction of four bobbin lace edgings on a linen handkerchief, representing a range of different regions, time periods, and costs, this project examines the development of lace designs and techniques that occurred in Northern Italy between 1550 and 1650. Drawing from archival research, paintings, pattern books, and extant objects, and using materials and tools as close to the originals as possible, this project sheds light onto the labour behind handmade lace edgings that could not have been gleaned from traditional research methodologies.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":43311,"journal":{"name":"TEXTILE HISTORY","volume":"54 1","pages":"78-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11750150/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"TEXTILE HISTORY","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00404969.2024.2371805","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Lacemaking was still in its infancy when the first bobbin lace pattern book, Le Pompe: Opera Nova, was published in Venice, Italy in 1557, but this volume marked the beginning of a century of rapid expansion across Europe. Through the reconstruction of four bobbin lace edgings on a linen handkerchief, representing a range of different regions, time periods, and costs, this project examines the development of lace designs and techniques that occurred in Northern Italy between 1550 and 1650. Drawing from archival research, paintings, pattern books, and extant objects, and using materials and tools as close to the originals as possible, this project sheds light onto the labour behind handmade lace edgings that could not have been gleaned from traditional research methodologies.
期刊介绍:
Textile History is an internationally recognised, peer reviewed journal and one of the leading publications in its field. It is viewed as an important outlet for current research. Published in the spring and autumn of each year, its remit has always been to facilitate the publication of high-quality research and discussion in all aspects of scholarship arising from the history of textiles and dress. Since its foundation the scope of the journal has been substantially expanded to include articles dealing with aspects of the cultural and social history of apparel and textiles, as well as issues arising from the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of historic textiles or clothing.