A French practical manual for teaching oneself bobbin lace (dentelle aux fuseaux), by lace manufacturer Jacques Cottier, 3rd edition, 20th thousand. It opens with a preface and short history of lace, then covers equipment (pillow, bobbins, thread, pins, pricking patterns), basic stitches and motifs, and the lace grounds (torchon, Dieppe, Brussels, fond à la Vierge, fond mariage, Valenciennes and others). The main part gives step-by-step pin-by-pin working instructions for lingerie laces, Cluny, insertions and incrusted lace, from 14 to 56 bobbins, each with a photograph of the finished lace and an enlarged numbered pricking diagram.