A 1903 travel account by Florence G. Weber describing her visit to European lace-making centers, including Santa Margherita, Cantù, Venice, Burano, Palestrina, Chioggia and Ghent. She compares Italian and Belgian lace, describes working conditions in factories, schools and a Béguinage, and explains how the Arts and Crafts Lace School in Boston reproduced pricking patterns by blueprint. Illustrated with photographs of lacemakers and of Burano lace pieces.