Bucks point is a bobbin lace from the East Midlands in England. Bobbin lace is a Lace Textile made by Braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on Bobbins to manage them The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. "Bucks" is short for Buckinghamshire, which was the main center of production. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The lace was also made in the nearby counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a County in England that forms part of the East of England region. Northamptonshire (or archaically the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants [1] Bucks point is very similar to the French Lille lace,[2] and thus is often called English Lille. [3] It is also similar to Mechlin lace and Chantilly lace. Mechlin lace is a Bobbin lace originally produced in Mechlin. Chantilly lace is a handmade Bobbin lace named for the city of Chantilly, France, dating from the 17th century though most Chantilly laces were made of
Bucks lace has a gimp thread outlining the pattern. Gimp is a narrow ornamental trim used in sewing or embroidery [2] It is made in one piece on the lace pillow,[2][3] at full width and not in strips like Honiton lace. Common designs are floral and geometric. [3] The floral designs are like those in Mechlin and Lille laces, but Bucks lace is generally simpler than the Belgian laces,[2] and is made of linen or silk. It can have picots along the edge. A picot is a loop of thread created for functional or ornamental purposes along the edge of lace ribbon crocheted, knitted or tatted material
History
Bucks lace was in evidence as early as the 16th century, though it didn't become fully developed until the 19th century. [3] Production has continued up until the present,[3] though recently mostly by hobbyists. Bucks lace most likely originated in the latter half of the 16th century, when Huguenot refugees from Mechlin near Brussels and Lille, then in the Spanish Netherlands, arrived in the East Midlands. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth The Southern Netherlands (Zuidelijke Nederlanden Países Bajos del Sur Pays-Bas du sud were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain ( Spanish It was recorded in Flanders in the 1690s. By 1698 a full fourth of the population of Buckinghamshire, or about 30,000 people, were employed making lace. [2] Children were taught how to make the lace beginning at age 5, and by age 12 could support themselves off the lace they made. It was believed that teaching the children when they were that young was the only way to gain the speed and skill needed to make lacemaking profitable after machine made lace became common. [4]
See also
References
- ^ Powys, Marian (March 2002). Lace and Lace Making. Dover Publications, p. 31. ISBN 0486418111. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- ^ a b c d e Earnshaw, Pat (February 1999). A Dictionary of Lace. Dover Publications, p. 25. ISBN 048640482X. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- ^ a b c d e Raffel, Marta Cotterell (January 2003). The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750-1840. UPNE, p. 151. ISBN 1584651636. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- ^ Sharp, Mary (March 2007). Point and Pillow Lace. Herron Press, pp. 179-180. ISBN 1406745626. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned
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