A 1993 Batsford instruction book on bobbin lace by Susanne Thompson, continuing from her earlier Honiton lace book. It opens with a glossary of working methods (back stitch, bowing off, coarse pair, turning stitch, magic thread, etc.) and then gives six step-by-step patterns: Leaf Spray, Rosette, Summer Scene, Cone Flower, Treble Clef and Umbellifer. Each pattern has numbered line diagrams, prickings and detailed instructions for taps, rolls, ribs, side veins, leadwork and fillings. It ends with a bibliography, a list of suppliers in England and an index.

A 1908 collector's handbook on hand-made lace, covering the history, characteristics and manufacture of the main lace styles. Chapters run from lacis, cutwork (reticella) and punto in aria through Italian bobbin and needlepoint laces (Venetian, Burano, Milanese) and the Flemish, Brussels, Mechlin, Valenciennes, Dutch, Alençon, Argentan, Lille, Arras and Chantilly laces. English needlepoint, Honiton, Midland bobbin lace, Irish laces and blondes follow. The book is illustrated with many photographic plates of lace borders, lappets, collars and cravat ends, and has an index.

Three of Lewis F. Day's Text Books of Ornamental Design bound together: The Anatomy of Pattern, The Planning of Ornament, and The Application of Ornament. The books explain how repeating patterns are built on square, diamond, triangle, hexagon, circle and ogee plans, how drop repeats work for weavers and printers, how borders and panels are laid out, and how material, tool and process shape ornament. Roughly 130 full-page plates show diapers, damasks, Sicilian silk, tapestry, velvet, wall-paper, tile, stencil and carved examples. The text is general design theory and has no weaving drafts, though it often refers to the loom and to textile repeat.

A 1903 textbook for design students on the anatomy, planning and evolution of repeating ornament, written as a replacement for the author's earlier "Anatomy of Pattern". It builds from geometric scaffoldings (square, triangle, octagon, circle) to drop repeats, smaller repeats, turnovers and turn-rounds, then covers how manufacturing technique shapes pattern (block printing, weaving, damask, carpets), design method, proving a pattern, colour, borders, non-repeating pattern and the invention of pattern. It is illustrated with several hundred line diagrams and examples drawn from historic silks, velvets, tiles, wall-papers and Oriental ornament.

The opening chapter of Lewis F. Day's 'Pattern Design' (1903), a student's guide to the planning and evolution of repeated ornament. It argues that pattern results from repetition, is tied to manufacture, and always rests on a geometric basis, so a designer must plan the lines of a repeat deliberately and not leave them to chance. Four illustrations include a Japanese peach-blossom-on-ice design, a pattern with planned gaps, a heraldic panel and a balanced scroll wall pattern.