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I thought it would be interesting to share with you books that have influenced my contemporary lace design.
I do believe it is important to have a good foundation in classic lace techniques. Some of my lace design relies on a minimum of pins to support the lace during construction. This technique is nothing new. So called ‘Freehand Laces’ have used such a technique for centuries. ‘Irregular tulle’ is founded on point ground laces. Although I learnt to make Bedfordshire lace I should confess that I have eschewed Bucks point in favour of the point ground lace of Denmark: Tønder lace. Anyone who has had the opportunity to visit the Kunstindustri Museum in Copenhagen and gazed in wonderment at the fabulous examples of Tønder lace on display in the textile study room will understand my fascination with Tønder. I have never regretted being taught Bedfordshire Lace by Kathy Corbett, tallies or leaves somehow stopped being a daunting prospect!!
By reading old craft books you can discover how lace has evolved.
I recently purchased a Swedish lace book:
Knyppla: Idéer och modeller i nya och kända material
by Krtistina Malmberg and Naime Thorlin.
Published in 1972 by ICA - förlaget Västerås.
This is a fabulous book which is wonderfully evocative of how lace responded to the culture of the 70s. Some of the patterns are modern even for a contemporary audience. It also demonstrates to me that nothing is every really new.
The two books which I would recommend to anyone wanting to marvel at the development of contemporary lace practice are both published by the Deutscher Klöppelverband. Please note these books are in German. The illustrations are extremely comprehensive.
Spitzen des 20. Jahrhunderts - 1900 - 1950. Deutscher Klöppelverband e. V. 2003 ISBN 3-93410-34-1
Klöppelspitze in Deutschland: Ihre Weiterentwicklung von 1950 bis 2000. Deutscher Klöppelverband e.V. 2003 ISBN 3-934210-35-X
Both these books illustrate how lace has sought to keep up to date with modern design trends.
Other contemporary Lace Books include:
Hedendaagse Kant by Martine Bruggeman. La Riviére & Voorhoeve 1991 ISBN 90-6084-826-8
Klöppeln: freies gestalten mit formen und farben by Anita Dajcar-Florin. AT Verlag 1990 ISBN 3-85502-398-0
Bedfordshire Lace
Bedfordhire Lace Patterns: a personal selection by Margaret Turner. Ruth Bean 1986 ISBN 0-903585-21-9
A Bedfordshire Lace Collection by Barbara Underwood. Ruth Bean 1995 ISBN 0-903585-28-6
Traditional Bedfordshire Lace: technique and patterns by Barbara Underwood. Ruth Bean 1988 ISBN 0-903585-24-3
Denmark:
Danske Frihåndskniplinger by Bodil Tornehave. Notabene 1987 ISBN 87-7490 -291 -1
Fuglefletskniplinger by Bodil Tornehave og Jana Novak. Notabene 1989 ISBN 87-7490-306-3
Germany:
Freihandspitzen von der Schwäbischen Alb by Gisel Noll; Elda Gantner and Marianne Stang. Deutscher Klöppelverban e.V. 2000 ISBN 3-934210-26-0
Sweden:
“I Knipplingahjörnan” Österlens Museum 2000 ISBN 91-86220-32-2
Petterssonspetsar från Österlen by Wivi-Ann Nordström. Barbara Fay Verlag 2010 ISBN 9783925184192
Skansk Knyppling by Wivi-Ann Nordström. Barbara Fay Verlag 2000 ISBN 3924184899
Tønder Lace
Knipling efter Tegning by Johann Nyrop-Larsen. Notabene 1982 ISBN 87-7490-223-7
The Technique of Tønder Lace by Inge Skovgård. Batsford 1991 ISBN 0-7134-6255-8
Tønderkniplinger I by Inge Wind Skovgård. Akacia 2001 ISBN 87-7847-029-3
Tønderkniplinger II by Inge Wind Skovgård. Akacia 2001 ISBN 87-7847-030-7
Tønder: 10 mønstre med arbejdstegninger. Knipling i Danmark 1989
Tønderske Kniplinger by Emil Hannover. Høst & Søns Forlag 1989 ISBN 87-14-28902-4
General Technique
The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches by Bridget M Cook and Geraldine Stott. Batsford 1980 ISBN 0-7134-3883-5
Practical skills in bobbin lace by Bridget M Cook. Batsford 1987 ISBN 0-7134-4366-9
General Lace books
Fine and Fashionable: lace from the Blackborne Collection. Bowes Museum 2007 ISBN 0-9548182-4-5
Lace: a history by Santina M Levey. Victoria & Albert Museum 1983 ISBN 0-901286-15-X
Pragt & Poesi: kniplinger gennem 400 år. Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum 1991 ISBN 87-87075-741
Spitzen umschreiben Gesichter by Marianne Gächter-Weber. Textilmuseum St. Gallen 1997 ISBN 3-9520007-0-1
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