Sunday, November 30, 2008
Working in my Template
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Evolution of a night-cap
ANTIQUE WOMEN BOBBIN LACE NIGHT HAT CAP DOLL BEAR My Store
ANTIQUE WOMEN BOBBIN LACE NIGHT HAT CAP DOLL BEAR My Store
ANTIQUE WOMEN PINK CROCHET LACE NIGHT BED CAP 1900's My Store
The caps were beautiful and dirty. I clean old doll clothing and I thought I could clean the caps. I cleaned them. The caps feel silky and smell fresh.
My research revealed night-caps were baggy and made of linen, adorned in lace. Some were of colored linen and threads. A body covering that seemed to be erotic for the era. HE HE! The cap indeed kept women warm as they slept.
I think bobbin lace is the lace adorning the caps. “Unlike needlepoint lace, which is made with a single-thread technique using embroidery stitches, bobbin lace is made with a variety of multiple-thread weaving techniques. Groups of threads are plaited, interwoven and twisted. This craft evolved naturally into the production of linen laces for decorative insertions and borders. Although evidence suggests that the first bobbin laces were made in Venice, the craft spread quickly to Milan, Genoa, Flanders and other parts of Europe. Bobbin laces were softer, lighter in weight, and more suitable than stiff needlepoint lace for the fashions of 18th century Europe, and so reached their peak at that time in Flanders and France.” bobbin lace
What can you do with these lovely night-caps? They would be ornate design in a home. You could frame them on your own or at a frame shop. Hang the multi-night-cap picture in your bedroom where you sleep. A bear or a doll could wear the night-cap for display. Use a cap in a victorian collage of various old items. Any other ideas? Please leave them in my blog comments.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
E.S. Curtis
Framed Photoprint E.S. Curtis Coast Salish Women 1899
E.S Curtis was a pioneer anthropologist photographer of the American Indian from 1907 to 1930. His photos were significant to history. The photos were controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. The library of Congress documents him as “American Memory.” Library of Congress
His full name was Edward Sheriff Curtis and he photographed Indians west of the Mississippi. The curtis collection has a wide collection of photogravures and extensive history of the photographer. Curtis-Collection
The Royal BC Museum is the current name for the British Columbia Provincial Museum. Vicky's Place vickys-place-collectible-art-curio (Item number:40184060918) has a beautiful print of one of his pictures. A 1899 Salish Women Indian photo print framed by the museum in 1977. The program dedicated was expressive of the history pertaining to Curtis's life and photos.royalbcmuseum