Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . TURNHOUT 57 in general the women of the past havesat dumbly before their cushions, helplessto do anything but continue to execute,year after year, the particular cardboardpattern the facteur, or lace agent, placedbefore them. They had little or no con-ception of the rich art world of whichtheir flowered flounces were a part, andno feeling at all of their power to in-fluence that world by interpreting a de-sign for themselves, or by correcting orimproving it, or even perhaps by creatinga new one. Not that
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . TURNHOUT 57 in general the women of the past havesat dumbly before their cushions, helplessto do anything but continue to execute,year after year, the particular cardboardpattern the facteur, or lace agent, placedbefore them. They had little or no con-ception of the rich art world of whichtheir flowered flounces were a part, andno feeling at all of their power to in-fluence that world by interpreting a de-sign for themselves, or by correcting orimproving it, or even perhaps by creatinga new one. Not that all workers shouldbecome designers, or even piqueuses—progress depends, as it does in other in-dustries, on specialization; but at leasttrained workers will enjoy the freedom tochoose and the feeling of independencethat comes from a thorough knowledgeof their metier. In this room then was a class of spe-cialists, six smiling, intelligent youngwomen between i6 and i8 equipping 58 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM themselves as experts in designs on which they worked, manyof them
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