A late 19th-century instruction book on macramé lace published by Barbour Brothers to promote their flax macramé threads. After an introduction and notes on materials and basic knots (single, double and open chain, Solomon's knot, raised picot), it gives written instructions for 17 numbered patterns, such as insertions, edgings and fringed scollops. Each pattern is illustrated with an engraving and lists the thread lengths needed. The book ends with a reprinted newspaper piece on the Barbour Flax Spinning Company at the Philadelphia Exhibition and an advertisement for the firm's threads.