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Study Box - Saba Lace
Here's two examples. That will have to do until the Box is completed.
http://www.heritageshoppe.com/temp/sabalace.jpg And an unusual example of the stitching: http://www.heritageshoppe.com/temp/sabalace2.jpg This is *very* fine work. My info on it is downstairs, but I'll post more tomorrow. Dianne |
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Ok. I had to do a google search . . . because I had no idea where Saba
was, although I had a clue from the letter sent. It's an island in the Caribbean off the coast of Central America (Netherlands antilles and originally I was trying to find it in Norway grin, but I'm confused because it's part of the Netherlands antilles, which is off the coast of Venezuela. Anyway, Gladys sent a little history: "In the late 1800's a young girl from Saba went to Caracas, Venezuela to school and was taught by the nuns how to do this kind of lace work, it was called Spanish work. After she was finished with her education she returned back to Saba. "She then taught it to other Saban ladies and over the years that's how it got the name Saba lace. A lot of the ladies made their own patterns. It is really drawn thread work . . . mostly made on linen which we have to order from Ireland and Belgium and sometimes can be very expensive. You can see Glady's shop he http://www.sabatourism.com/lacesamples2.html and you can see a bit about Saba he http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/nt.html And I think if you read the history of the area, you can see what it is so "Italian" in flavor. grin I was intrigued with the ovals, which I'd never seen before. The piece she sent is quite fine, and I'd like to know what thread she used, since it looks finer and slightly different than broder 40, and has quite a sheen to it. The workmanship is impeccable. I am *very* curious about how this got to South America. Gladys says she has a degree in embroidery and taught it in school for 35 years. She also has a book on saba lace. She sent this as a gift for our Study Box, and I was just flabergassted that someone from around the world would do that. I was willing to pay for a small sample, and she kept ignoring those emails and yesterday the piece just "arrived". Dianne |
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Dianne Lewandowski wrote in message ...
Ok. I had to do a google search . . . because I had no idea where Saba was, although I had a clue from the letter sent. It's an island in the Caribbean off the coast of Central America (Netherlands antilles and originally I was trying to find it in Norway grin, but I'm confused because it's part of the Netherlands antilles, which is off the coast of Venezuela. Anyway, Gladys sent a little history: "In the late 1800's a young girl from Saba went to Caracas, Venezuela to school and was taught by the nuns how to do this kind of lace work, it was called Spanish work. After she was finished with her education she returned back to Saba. "She then taught it to other Saban ladies and over the years that's how it got the name Saba lace. A lot of the ladies made their own patterns. It is really drawn thread work . . . mostly made on linen which we have to order from Ireland and Belgium and sometimes can be very expensive. You can see Glady's shop he http://www.sabatourism.com/lacesamples2.html and you can see a bit about Saba he http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/nt.html And I think if you read the history of the area, you can see what it is so "Italian" in flavor. grin I was intrigued with the ovals, which I'd never seen before. The piece she sent is quite fine, and I'd like to know what thread she used, since it looks finer and slightly different than broder 40, and has quite a sheen to it. The workmanship is impeccable. I am *very* curious about how this got to South America. Gladys says she has a degree in embroidery and taught it in school for 35 years. She also has a book on saba lace. She sent this as a gift for our Study Box, and I was just flabergassted that someone from around the world would do that. I was willing to pay for a small sample, and she kept ignoring those emails and yesterday the piece just "arrived". Dianne Hi, I happened to read your mail about Saba. It doesn't surprise me at all that you received this gift, Saba is like that, VERY special people. Actually, the island is in the northern Caribbean, you get there on a small plane from St. Maarten, landing on an airstrip about the size of an aircraft carrier. It's like a visit back to the 50's, if you know what I mean. I remember reading somewhere that during WWII, the women would send their lace samples to addresses taken from the canned goods boxes that were shipped in, hoping to make a sale. The history of this tiny island is most interesting, and you can get some information on http://www.sabatourism.com/. Sheryll |
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