Second, revised and enlarged edition (Vienna, 1910) of Moriz Dreger's history of lace, written in German with particular reference to the lace collection of the k.k. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie. The text volume traces lace from its precursors (openwork seams, cutwork, oriental needlework) through Italian Renaissance lace and pattern books, Baroque lace, and the northern lace of the Rococo, Neoclassical and naturalistic periods. It discusses needle lace and bobbin lace, regional types (Venetian, Brussels, Mechlin, Alençon, Valenciennes), and the evidence of portraits and inventories. About half of the pages are figures and plates reproducing lace pieces, portraits and pattern-book pages. It has a subject index and a list of corrections to the plate volume.