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Three Sisters Making Belgian Lace

Léon Frédéric1907

Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, United States

Three sisters sit with a spinning wheel and with silk thread on bobbins, twisting the threads into lace in the Belgian style. This technique, with dozens of teardrop shaped bobbins, is still used today to handmake lace.

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Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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