A handbook on the history and manufacture of embroidery and lace, by Ernest Lefébure and translated and enlarged with notes by Alan S. Cole. Part I covers embroidery from antiquity through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the age of Louis XIV to the nineteenth century, including techniques, stitches, ecclesiastical vestments and pattern books. Part II treats needlepoint laces (Venetian, Point de France, Alençon, Brussels) and bobbin or pillow laces (Valenciennes, Mechlin, Chantilly, blonde, guipure) by period and country. It is illustrated with 156 woodcuts and photographs of embroideries and lace specimens.