By davidh. On 22nd November Catholic school of Pussaye, France, Kindly supplied by www. The article appears to be on open access at the moment so if people are interested they can read it and download it for themselves. The abstract for the article is reproduced below. Although a relatively recent invention c. Almost every region involved in pillow or needle lace had its own origin story: I will concentrate on those circulating in Italy, Catalonia, France, Belgium and England.
The legends drew on elements of this work culture, and especially the strong connections to royal courts and the Catholic Church, but they did not originate among lacemakers themselves. Rather they were authored by persons β lace merchants and other patrons β who in the nineteenth century took on the task of defending homemade lace in its drawn-out conflict with machine-made alternatives. Legends first circulated in print, in lace histories, newspapers and magazines, before transferring to other media such as the stage, historical pageants, even the visual arts.
More recently they have continued to propagate on the web. While not originally oral naratives, they behave much like legends in oral storytelling environments: they are usually unsourced; they accumulate and shed motifs; they are adapted to new circumstances and audiences.
They were told with the intention of creating a special status for handmade lace, and to mobilize protectors and consumers. On 17th June We have not found any paintings of Corpus Christi from nineteenth-century Ypres, but this gives an impression of the occasion.
Continuing in our series on lacemakers holidays we arrive at Corpus Christi, the celebration of the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which is a moveable feast.
