Swiss Lace Patterns
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An illustrated article on the history of lace-making in Switzerland, drawn from material collected by Gertrude Whiting. It covers the c. 1561 Zurich pattern book Nüw Modelbuch, the Neuchâtel and Jura bobbin lace industry, its peak in the late 18th century and its collapse after 1817. It also describes the Société Neuchâteloise d'Emulation's prize attempts, a large album of over 2,000 lace patterns found at Couvet, and later revival efforts. A translated account of domestic lace-making life in the Jura covers pillows with bollets, pricked patterns and the lacemaker's lamp. Plates show pattern book pages, Neuchâtel laces, signed pattern drawings, a lace pillow, a lamp and a Swiss lacemaker's house.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1949
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 14
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