#reticella — Public Fediverse posts

Online course in #reticella #needlelace has been announced for June.

Maggie Hensel-Brown is an artist and teacher, she's terrific.

https://www.maggiehenselbrown.com/event-details/introduction-to-reticella-online

Next door to the 1844 house is a big old Victorian, with a blooming huge magnolia in front. They last about a millisecond, so I stayed under it to catch the light scent of the magnolia while it lasts....

I keep walking to get to the next library. I put my 2 remaining books in.

And then there was this one...she's wearing lace...So I came home with one.

At least it was 2 steps forward, one step back.

#bloomscrolling #reticella #lace

2/2

OMG, this lace...

Via Carol Quarini at the bad place.

#Reticella #lace

https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=64941&viewType=detailView

Isabella Parasole published books of lace patterns (this one in 1597) that included this #Valentine motif.

She was an impressive and successful woman. Her husband took her name because hers was "more distinguished".

The whole book is here: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/355099

#lace #Reticella #NeedleLace

Also in today's keyword newsletter is Mr. Lace here. Look at that collar.

#reticella

https://drouot.com/en/l/24311750

Wow, that's a lot of lace going on.

That part perched on her head is particularly interesting.

Mary Sidney Herbert

#reticella #TextileHistory

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Sydney_Herbert.jpg

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...

#BobbinLace #Needlelace #reticella #TextileHistory

This #reticella towel is world-class fabulous condition. It's big too. Here is the MFA link, but here it is on the wall for size. You can get really close and see the stitches. Those are 3 inch trims on the bottom.

Reticella lace towel https://collections.mfa.org/objects/68779/reticella-lace-towel

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]

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

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.

#NeedleLace

https://pysankigirl.wixsite.com/graceslace

Happy #InternationalLaceDay to those who celebrate! I just got this "Chats" book from The Lace Museum, and I'm spending part of my day on that, and trying to finish a project. The project, nicknamed "Hot Mess", is a way for me to try out new-to-me patterns. With intermittent success. But I love to try.

#BobbinLace #NeedleLace #reticella

Our IOLI #Lace lecture today, by Anita Jones, was about the Cone sisters and their impressive lace collection that almost nobody knows about. Jones has images from an exhibit she worked on years ago from a hard drive that was in storage. Very little online.

At least I was able put this detail into #Wikipedia today so someday someone will find it....

#BobbinLace #NeedleLace #Reticella #TextileHistory @bobbinlace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_sisters