A 1920 guide to bobbin lace by Gertrude Whiting, founder of the Needle and Bobbin Club, written for lace makers and collectors. It has introductory and advice chapters, a five-language lace nomenclature (English, French, Italian, Spanish, German), and detailed rules for making 145 bobbin lace grounds and fillings. These are arranged by line and column of the author's sampler (Torchon, Valenciennes, Devonshire, Flemish, Italian spiders, Buratto/filet, and her own 'Trude' grounds), each with a halftone photograph and a pricking or stitch diagram. The second half is a very large bibliography of lace and needlework literature, followed by an index of the grounds and a description of the accompanying sampler held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Type

Book

Date

1920

Languages

English, French, German, Italian

Pages

411

Archive notes

Most scanned images provided by Tess Parrish