Elizabeth Emerson Designs Blog — bobbin lace
Connecting Extant Examples to Primary Sources: A Tape Lace Journey
Posted by Irish Harvey on
Sorting endless boxes of lace pieces can feel abstract. We can look at a piece and see that it is a collar, or know that it was made by hand in, say, turn of the century England, but it is still a single piece on a card. Pairing extant pieces with primary sources helps me better understand what I’m looking at. It puts the extant pieces into context while bringing the book illustrations to life.