Book · 288 pages · German
Illustrated 1908 catalog of the Iklé textile collection held by the Industrie- und Gewerbemuseum St. Gallen, written in German. It lists about 1,400 numbered items with short descriptions of origin, date, technique and materials, covering lace (needle, bobbin, filet, reticella, Venetian relief), drawn-thread and white-work, silk and linen embroideries, ecclesiastical vestments and paraments, and some Chinese silks. Much of the book consists of photographic plates of individual pieces, with a foreword and introduction at the start.