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The Art of Bobbin Lace
The Art of Bobbin Lace
Book · 105 pages
A practical instruction manual on making bobbin lace, written by a London lace teacher and published in 1907. It covers equipment and preparation (cushion, bobbins, winding, thread and pins), the basic cloth, half and plait stitches, and step-by-step directions for specimen pieces in Italian, Dentelle de Bruges (Point de Flandre), Guipure de Flandre, Honiton (including appliqué and raised work), Duchesse and Brussels lace. Separate sections explain ornamental filling stitches such as reseau, honeycomb, festoon, spider web, lead, diamond, double reseau and rose, and the book closes with advice on repairing and cleaning valuable lace. It is illustrated with photographs of finished pieces (doyley, collars, yoke, vest, bolero, scarf, flounce, handkerchief, berthe), pattern line drawings and stitch diagrams.
The Art of Bobbin Lace Supplement
The Art of Bobbin Lace Supplement
Book · 87 pages
A 1911 supplement to Louisa and Rosa Tebbs' practical textbook The Art of Bobbin Lace, giving step-by-step bobbin-working directions for 38 advanced lace specimens in Venetian, Milanese, Genoese, Guipure de Flandre, Flemish, Honiton, Duchesse and Brussels laces. Pieces include collars, d'oyleys, flounces, a yoke, a cravat, a table centre, a fan, an opera bag and baby's shoes, and a section covers rare fillings and grounds such as hexagon net, honeycomb, spot insertion and woven bar. Photographic plates of the finished lace are included. The back matter reprints press notices and reviews, advertises the authors' school, their punto tagliato embroidery book, and supplies such as bobbins, cushions and thread.
The New Lace Embroidery (Punto Tagliato)
The New Lace Embroidery (Punto Tagliato)
Book · 76 pages
A 1905 second-edition instruction manual by Louisa A. Tebbs on Punto Tagliato, a cutwork lace embroidery in which fancy filling stitches are worked in floss silk on linen, silk or velvet, then the fabric is cut away behind them to leave lace-like openwork. Part I is a practical first lesson on working a collar, with hints on needles, finishing cut edges, pressing and cutting out. Part II describes individual filling stitches (Tudor Rose, Crossbar, Diamond Filling, Point de Fillet, Spider's Web, Woven Bars, Cone Insertion, Turkish Point, Marguerite, Star Filling) with line diagrams. Photographic plates show finished collars, a blouse yoke and cuffs, cushion covers, table centres, tea cloths and a bedspread square.

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