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Guild of the Needle and Bobbin Crafts
Guild of the Needle and Bobbin Crafts
Article · 6 pages
A 1921 report from the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club by B. E. Merrill, the Guild's Director of Technique and Design. It describes the Guild of the Needle and Bobbin Crafts becoming independent of the Club, its leadership, and its work marketing needlework made by immigrant groups in New York and Newport. Groups mentioned include Italian, Ukrainian, Bohemian, Russian refugee and Shinnecock Indian workers. It also covers the search for suitable linens and threads, the need for funds, and an exhibition and festival. Illustrated with halftones of Bohemian, Russian, Ukrainian and Shinnecock embroidery.
Lace Lovers of the United States
Lace Lovers of the United States
Book · 23 pages
A 1917 booklet compiling a directory of people across the United States interested in hand-made lace, edited by B. E. Merrill of Carnegie Institute of Technology. A short preface explains the project and its link to the Needle and Bobbin Club of New York. The alphabetical listing gives names, addresses, and roles (collector, connoisseur, maker, teacher, mender, promoter, lover) along with the lace types each person makes, such as bobbin, Cluny, Torchon, Filet, Armenian, Carrickmacross, and Italian cut-work.

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