The Lace Sisters

Francesca in Australia - nearing the end of her time in the country.

Johannes Vermeer: The Lacemaker

Impressions of Lace

Of many Arts, one surpasses all. For the maiden seated at her work flashes the smooth balls and thousand threads into the circle, ... and from this, her amusement, makes as much profit as a man earns by the sweat of his brow, and no maiden ever complains, at even, of the length of the day. The issue is a…