A Text Book on Cluny and Torchon Laces
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A 1901 instruction manual for making Cluny and Torchon bobbin lace by Mary Eva Woodward. It opens with general directions on bobbin handling, stitches (point, half point, point grille, point d'esprit, point matte), cords and their crossings, and grounds such as Point de Dieppe, Point de Tulle and Brussels Point. The bulk is a series of numbered patterns (edges, insertions and borders in Cluny, Torchon, Point Vierge and point d'esprit), each with bobbin count, thread size, a numbered pin pricking diagram, a photograph of the finished lace, and pair-by-pair working instructions. It ends with directions for turning corners.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1901
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 102
- Archive notes
- downloaded from archive.org.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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