Bobbin Lace

Greek Threadwork

By (author) Tatiana Ioannou-Yannara

Book cover: Bobbin Lace

Extent: 206 pages

Publisher: Melissa Publishing House

Subjects: Art & Art History, Clothing & Textiles

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 1999)

ISBN: 9789602040010

Price: $30.00

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The author leads the reader to the very beginning of the craft of Bobbin Lace in ancient Greece and in the broader Greek world. She describes how it developed and its migration to Italy and Europe after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.She then goes on to explain its history in Europe and its return to its birthplace with the nuns who settled in Catholic convents in Greece.

  • By (author) Tatiana Ioannou-Yannara