For the Love of Textiles

Title : Man and Woman at a spinning wheel. Artist : Pieter Pieterz. (Antwerp 1540 - Amsterdam 1603) Dating : 1560 - 1570 Immediately after last nights post a little discussion appeared here and on Facebook. It is always nice to get response on my writing.... The topic is about the -what I thought was- a drop-spindle on the Medieval picture.  Is it the bobbin from the spinning-wheel on the left of the painting..or is it a drop-spindle?? It definitely doesn't look like my Turkish Ashford spindle....that is for sure.. Here are some interesting points of view.. Spinning Hero Michael  wrote: Now, I thought I'd try to answer your spinning question. I think that we're looking at in the picture is a bobbin, not a drop spindle. If you look to the left , there appears to be a spinning wheel, so that makes me think that what she is holding in her left hand is a filled bobbin from that wheel.   Thomas  replied on my blog:  I think s...

Yesterday I had to go to Amsterdam to visit a trainee who worked for the fashion Designer Mattijs van Bergen. My student Rick is very good in embroidery, so many of the pieces were embroided by him as this blue skirt with gold 3 dimensional stars. It is always funny to see glamour on stage and all garments hanging in his studio which is the opposite of glamour. It was cold in Amsterdam. But I decided to walk among "De Amstel" to visit: Museum "De Hermitage" . I passed the posh Amstel Hotel, Theatre Carre, and after that there was the Museum waiting to show me beautiful Flemish Paintings from the 17th Century which all came from The Hermitage in St. Petersbrug. 1 painting, made in 1619 by Anthonie van Dyck really touched me. Guess it is the way they look at you..She is very direct in the way looking at you, and he is kind of "into another world" with his mind... or perhaps staring..dreaming...The little girl is lively.. Nothing is known about this fa...