| LACE OF LONG AGO Lacemaking by Hand | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6768 |
| Catalog #: | 434845 | |
| Clip Number: | 434845-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 219 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Textiles | |
| Description: | LACE OF LONG AGO Lacemaking. Demonstration of lace making techniques. Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire MS middle-aged woman operating a sort of mini-spinning wheel. MLS elderly woman sits outdoors, holding on her lap a pillow in the shape of a watermelon. This seems to have a lot of pegs hanging from it, which she is moving around. A small girl c. age 2 stands beside her. MCU the old lady and the child. Each of the wooden pegs has thread wound around it, sort of like spools with handles, and the woman is moving them around, winding the thread around pins stuck into the pillow. A paper with pre-punched holes showing the pattern is placed on the pillow. ECU the intricate and difficult work in progress. CU a different lace border being made in the same manner. ECU same. Another ECU of each lace being made. MS woman's arm seen picking up and opening a parasol w/ lots of lace - 40 yards, according to title. MS top view of the lacy parasol being turned around. | |
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