#reticella — Public Fediverse posts
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Ok, back to this thread, my images loaded up overnight. #MFABoston #lace items.
I saw some of the earliest lace pattern books. One by Isabella Parasole 1625, and one by Cesare Vecellio 1591. They are smaller than I thought from the online prints I've seen.
A third lace pattern book was in another case nearby. Domenico da Sera's 1543 "Ornamento de le belle e virtudiose donne". This book was new to me, needs to get into #Wikipedia...
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OMG, this stunning #embroidery (not in the Sargent part, in the Strong Italian Women exhibit section at the #MFABoston).
Oh, and the lace...mmm...later.
#TextileHistory #BobbinLace #NeedleLace #Reticella
https://mfa.org/exhibition/strong-women-in-renaissance-italy [fixed link]
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Current exhibition at #MFABoston includes textiles from #Renaissance #Italy, it seems. I was wondering if there would be #lace there, and I turned to the page and saw the Parasole book! So I think I'm going to have to go check it out....
#BobbinLace #NeedleLace #Reticella #TextileHistory
https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/strong-women-in-renaissance-italy
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I was just re-watching a previous #lace lecture from #IOLI, about a woman who re-creates #reticella and #PuntoInAria from the original 16th century pattern books and museum pieces.
Grace Gamble has a lovely website with examples and instructions.