A Sixteenth Century Industry
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An illustrated promotional booklet for the Bucks Cottage Workers' Agency (Mrs. Armstrong's Lace Makers) of Olney, Buckinghamshire, presenting the history and revival of Buckinghamshire pillow (bobbin) lace. It reprints extracts from period articles (the Guardian 1911, Agriculture Economist 1910, C. Romanne-James's 'The Lady of the Bobbin'), and covers Flemish origins, Catharine of Aragon, lace fashions, pattern names and lace types such as Bucks Point, Cluny and Trolley. Many photographs show lace samples, lace makers at their pillows, bobbins, parchment pricking patterns and lace-trimmed household items, along with prices, awards (Paris 1925) and an advertisement for Thomas Wright's 'The Romance of the Lace Pillow'.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- c. 1925-1930
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 32
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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