The archaeologist in me says that if the bobbins have a distinctive look, to the point that you could look at one and identify it as coming from that particular region, it’s a “regional type”. However, based on what I’ve understood from your post, unless the lace is equally distinctive, I don’t know that I’d classify the *lace* as a separate type. In archaeology we do this all the time; spindles can be classified by type, but spindle type doesn’t necessarily map directly to the yarn types spun with those spindles, or with the cloth woven from those yarns.
Katrina [email protected] -- History: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time. > On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:38 PM, Brian Lemin <[email protected]> wrote: > <snipped> > > Today i have been cogitating as to whether or not Waddesdon is a geographical > lace area that used a special bobbin. > <more snipping> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
