An elementary handbook on lace, published by Cassell in 1909 and written by A. Penderel Moody for both collectors and makers. The first part surveys lace types and history: peasant laces (Torchon, Cluny, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire), fine Trolly laces, Brussels, Flemish-Italian and Genoese tape laces, and Devonshire lace. It also covers the care, mending and cleaning of old lace. Later parts cover materials and outfit (pillows, bobbins, pins, threads, pricking cards), stitches and fillings, and step-by-step bobbin lace patterns including Torchon, Cluny, a Buckinghamshire pea pattern, a Russian lace table-centre and a Flemish bird. Plates show lace specimens and pricking diagrams, and the volume ends with advertisements for lace suppliers.

Type

Book

Date

1909

Language

English

Pages

142

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