A Guide to Old and New Lace in Italy Exhibited at Chicago in 1893
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A guide to the Italian lace exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, compiled by Cora Slocomb di Brazz\u00e0 and the Italian Lace Committee. It opens with a glossary of lace types (netting, drawn and cut work, reticella, needle point, bobbin and pillow laces, guipure, torchon), then gives a historical survey from ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman textiles through the Renaissance and the golden age of lace, with reference to numbered exhibit items. The final parts describe modern Italian lace schools and institutions, lists of lady patronesses, and books of reference exhibited.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1893
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 185
- Archive notes
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