A textbook chapter on laces from a home-study course, covering the history and origin of lace, hand methods (needle-point and bobbin) and machine methods (woven and Schiffli embroidery lace), and a glossary of lace terms. Most of it is an alphabetical, numbered guide to lace types from Alençon and Algerian to Venetian, describing each one's character, materials, uses and wearing qualities. Many photographs pair hand-made and machine-made examples of each lace.