mem_somervilleApr 10

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

Introduction to RETICELLA: online | Maggiehenselbrown

Learn all the basics steps to creating a piece of reticella needle lace. This class will take you step-by-step through everything you’ll need to make a specially designed sampler. With live zoom sessions, pre-recorded lessons and written instructions. (Prices listed in Australian Dollars)

Maggiehenselbrown
Show threadmem_somervilleApr 13, 2024

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

mem_somervilleMar 16, 2024

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

Wallace Collection Online - Portrait of a Lady

mem_somervilleFeb 15, 2024

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

Isabella Catanea Parasole | Studio delle virtuose Dame | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Grolier Club. "[Printed Ornament]," 1919.<br/><br/>New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620," October 20, 2015–January 10, 2016

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Show threadmem_somervilleFeb 7, 2024

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

#reticella

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

FOLLOWER OF JAN ANTHONISZ VAN RAVESTEYN PORTRAIT OF A GE… | Drouot.com

FOLLOWER OF JAN ANTHONISZ VAN RAVESTEYN PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, BUST LENGTH, IN A LACED TRIMMED BLACK DOUBLETOil on panel36.5 x 27cm (14¼ x 10½ in.)

mem_somervilleFeb 3, 2024

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

File:Mary Sydney Herbert.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Show threadmem_somervilleNov 30, 2023

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

Show threadmem_somervilleNov 30, 2023

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

Reticella lace towel

Inserted in each end of a linen towel is a strip of reticella. Borders of small points on the sides and deep ones on the ends. The reticella is exquisite in design a …

Show threadmem_somervilleNov 29, 2023

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]

Strong Women in Renaissance Italy

When you think about Renaissance Italy, do the names Sofonisba Anguissola, Isabella d’Este, or Lavinia Fontana come to mind? These women, and many others whose names we may never know—artists, writers, patrons, entrepreneurs, healers, nuns, teachers, and more—influenced their time much more than history has generally recognized.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston
mem_somervilleOct 18, 2023

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

Strong Women in Renaissance Italy

When you think about Renaissance Italy, do the names Sofonisba Anguissola, Isabella d’Este, or Lavinia Fontana come to mind? These women, and many others whose names we may never know—artists, writers, patrons, entrepreneurs, healers, nuns, teachers, and more—influenced their time much more than history has generally recognized.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston