Threads of Power: An Interview with Michele Majer and Emma Cormack
Threads of Power curators Ilona Kos, Emma Cormack, and Michele Majer
Point de France needle-lace frelange with lappets, Orne, France, ca. 1695. Linen. Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Acquired from the Estate of John Jacoby, 1954, 01246. Photograph: Michael Rast.
Golden needle-lace panel, possibly an antependium (altar frontal) or trimming for an alb, with scenes of the founding of a Cistercian monastery, ca. 1695–1710. Linen, silk, and metal threads with silk core. Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Acquired from the Estate of John Jacoby, 1954, 00816. Photograph: Michael Rast.
Point de Venise needle-lace rabat, ca. 1670. Linen. Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Gift of the Estate of Isidor Grauer, 1983, 03914. Photograph: Michael Rast.
Bonnet with reticella needle-lace and bobbin-lace inserts, 1600–50. Linen. Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Acquired from the Estate of John Jacoby, 1954, 23402. Photograph: Michael Rast.
Handmade Chantilly bobbin-lace shawl, France or Belgium, ca. 1860. Silk. Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Acquired from the Estate of John Jacoby, 1954, 00480. Photograph: Michael Rast.
An example of bizarre silk, early 18th century, Italy, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Capote, France, c. 1806, Cora Ginsburg 2017 catalogue
Casque, French, c. 1811, Cora Ginsburg 2017 catalogue
Chapeau by Herbault, Paris, c. 1811, Cora Ginsburg 2017 catalogue
Day dress of silk moiré trimmed with velvet, French, c. 1862-5, Cora Ginsburg 2022 catalogue
Barbara Johnson’s album, England, 1746-1823, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Threads of Power virtual exhibition: https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/threadsofpower/
- Digital interactive: https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/threadsofpower/lacemakers2/
- Brooklyn Lace Guild: https://www.brooklynlaceguild.com/
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