Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors
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A 1908 collector's handbook on hand-made lace, covering the history, characteristics and manufacture of the main lace styles. Chapters run from lacis, cutwork (reticella) and punto in aria through Italian bobbin and needlepoint laces (Venetian, Burano, Milanese) and the Flemish, Brussels, Mechlin, Valenciennes, Dutch, Alençon, Argentan, Lille, Arras and Chantilly laces. English needlepoint, Honiton, Midland bobbin lace, Irish laces and blondes follow. The book is illustrated with many photographic plates of lace borders, lappets, collars and cravat ends, and has an index.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1908
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 220
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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