Meeting of ninety-six spindles and a stone... - Lot 404 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 404
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Meeting of ninety-six spindles and a stone... - Lot 404 - Coutau-Bégarie
Meeting of ninety-six spindles and a stone from Gèdre, Auvergne, early twentieth century. Beautiful set of ninety-six hand-turned wooden bobbins for bobbin lace, thirty-three in fruitwood from Craponne sur Arzon and sixty-three in boxwood (good condition for most of the bobbins). A stone from Gèdre, a town in the High Pyrenees, is attached, a stone that was used to rub the spindles to make them smoother and more slippery. It was only used in Le Puy en Velay (beautiful patina of use). Collection of 96 French wooden bobbins for bobbin lace, dating from the beginning of the 20th century, 33 bobbins from Craponne-sur-Arzon in the Auvergne Area, and 63 of boxwood, together with a special stone from Gèdre a city from the French Pyrénées mountains. This stone was used only at Le Puy en Velay area for smoothing the wooden bobbins. (good condition for most of the items).
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