Lace, One Woman’s Pittance, Another Woman’s Prestige
Monograph
According to Academician ddr. Marija Stanonik, the monograph Lace, One Woman’s Pittance, Another Woman’s Prestige presents a “full historical image of lace and bobbin lacemaking in the Slovenian territories.”
The monograph offers a comprehensive overview of the history of lace and bobbin lacemaking in Ljubljana, tracing its development from the entry of lace into aristocratic fashion and the first written references to bobbin lacemaking in Ljubljana, through the establishment of the first lacemaking school and the developments of the first half of the 20th century, to the beginnings of contemporary authorial lace in Ljubljana and the integration of lace into contemporary art and fashion design. As ddr. Marija Stanonik points out, one of the monograph’s key discoveries is “the fact that, besides Idrija, the second important centre of bobbin lacemaking used to be in Ljubljana, Valvasor even says that it first sprang into existence there, as he mentions making bobbin lace in Ljubljana before 1689.”
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Publisher: Muzej in galerije mesta Ljubljane, represented by Blaž Peršin, director
Editor: Mojca Ferle
Editorial Board: Mojca Ferle, Irena Žmuc, Ana Pokrajac Iskra
Co-ordinators: Maja Kovač, Ana Modic
Foreword: Blaž Peršin
Review: akademkinja ddr. Marija Stanonik
Authors: Mojca Ferle, Irena Žmuc, Ana Pokrajac Iskra, Marija Stanonik
Design: Matija Berčič
Proof-reading: Alenka Klemenc (slo), Murray Bales, David Limon (eng)
Trnslations: Marjana Karer, Maja Visenjak Limon, Polona Mesec, Milan Stepanovič, Studio Phi d. o. o., Urban Belina
Photos: Andrej Peunik, Dragan Arrigler, Foto Demšar Ljubljana, Janko Dermastja, Tomaž Lauko, Drago Mohar, Matevž Paternoster, Janez Suhadolc, Wikipedia, Marko Zaplatil
Digitalisation: Gorazd Knific, Matej Satler, MGML; Arhiv Republike Slovenije, Zgodovinski arhiv Ljubljana
Print: R-tisk
Number of copies: 300
June 2016
ISBN: 978-961-6509-51-0