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The Complete Tatting Book
The Complete Tatting Book
Monograph · 18 pages
A Victorian pattern book of tatting designs by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, second edition, published in London. It gives shuttle-and-pin instructions with cotton and pin sizes for a round d'oyley or head-dress, Œillet, Pearl, Gymp and Vandyke edgings, a Corfu lace antimacassar with knotted joining, Greek lace trimming, a Vandyke lappet or cravate, and a beaded Parisian gymp trimming. A closing section explains knotting, the lace wheel and the straight thread. Engravings illustrate the patterns, and the book includes advertisements for the author's other books, Walter Evans & Co. cotton and Rowlands' toiletries.
Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet
Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet
Monograph · 10 pages
An 1861 English pattern booklet by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardière for making star and diamond motifs in gold-thread tatting, finished with crochet chain loops. It gives terms and rules, tatting instructions for octagon and hexagon stars and diamonds, and materials and directions for a Zephyr sleeve, Zephyr collar, square sleeve, and an antimacassar, cushion or doyley design. Motifs are applied to tulle or Brussels net, and suggested uses include dress trimming and church needlework.
Lace Tatting
Lace Tatting
Monograph · 6 pages
Six-page excerpt from Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere's Irish Lace Instructor (London, 1886), giving written shuttle-tatting patterns with a plate of engravings. Patterns include a parasol cover with diamonds, trefoils, cones and border stars, a simple edging, a round doily or cushion cover, a Shakespeare collar and cuffs, and another lace edging. It closes with a Maltese lace cushion or couvre-pied worked in crochet and joined by ribbon bands. Each pattern lists materials (Walter Evans Boar's Head cotton, tatting pins, shuttle) and stitch-by-stitch directions.
Lace Tatting Book
Lace Tatting Book
Monograph · 18 pages
A Victorian pattern book of shuttle tatting by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, published in London in 1866. It gives written instructions with engravings for a lace parasol cover (diamonds, cones, trefoils, beading and border stars), lace and Dresden edgings, ribbon and rosette insertions, a round d'oyley or head-dress, and a two-colour diamond antimacassar. A closing section explains the straight thread and knotted joining and recommends cotton and tatting pin sizes; advertisements for the publisher's other books, Rowlands' toilet preparations and Walter Evans & Co. cotton follow.
Pearl Tatting Book
Pearl Tatting Book
Monograph · 32 pages
A Victorian pattern book of shuttle tatting by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, published in London in 1867. It gives written instructions, with materials lists and cotton and pin sizes, for collars, cuffs, a lappet head-dress, antimacassars, insertions, edgings, a handkerchief border and trimmings, built on the pearl beading and Maltese ring techniques. A closing section explains the pearl beading, straight thread and knotted joining, and the back pages carry advertisements for Rowlands' toilet products and Walter Evans & Co. cotton.
Raised Tatting Book
Raised Tatting Book
Monograph · 33 pages
A Victorian pattern book of raised tatting by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, published in London in 1868. It gives written instructions for tatting with two shuttles and pearl loops made over a pin or flat mesh: a shell antimacassar, raised scallop border, etoile insertion, mignardise edging, Maltese square, shell edging, daisy insertion, a child's dress and a sash or lappet. The Pearl Beading instructions on page 28 are the base technique for most patterns. Engraved or photographic plates illustrate each design. The back pages carry advertisements for Walter Evans thread, Rowlands' toilet products and the author's other needlework books.
The Royal Tatting Book
The Royal Tatting Book
Monograph · 28 pages
A Victorian pattern book of written instructions for tatting, published in London in 1867 by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere. It gives shuttle-and-pin directions for an antimacassar in raised tatting (the Denmark Antimacassar), an oval d'oyley, and several edgings, borders, an insertion and a beaded guipure trimming, with thread and pin sizes for each. Illustrations of the finished lace accompany the patterns, and an advertisement for Walter Evans & Co. thread appears at the end.
The Simple Tatting Book
The Simple Tatting Book
Monograph · 14 pages
A mid-19th-century English tatting pattern booklet by Mlle Riego de la Branchardiere with written instructions for six tatted designs: the Metternich cravate and edging, Trellis edging, the Irene necktie or lappet, a lace edging and a Vandyke edging. Each pattern lists materials (Boar's-head crochet cotton sizes, tatting pin sizes, shuttle) and gives stitch-by-stitch directions with rosettes, dots, ovals and pearl loops, plus crochet headings. Illustrations show the finished edgings, and the last page advertises the author's other tatting, crochet and knitting books, tatting case and steel tatting pins.
The Tatting Book
The Tatting Book
Monograph · 34 pages
An 1850 instruction book on tatting by Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, in which she substitutes a netting needle for the traditional shuttle. It covers the single, double and pearl (pin) stitches, joining methods and general rules, then gives written patterns with line illustrations. The patterns include edgings, an insertion, Oriel and Maltese pattern collars with cuffs, a fruit d'oyley (doily), a bunch of grapes, an appliqued grape waistcoat worked with gold twist, and a mourning collar.
Tatting: Edgings and Inserts
Tatting: Edgings and Inserts
Monograph · 17 pages
A Victorian pattern booklet of tatting edgings and insertions designed from Greek and Roman lace, published in London in 1861. It opens with notes on materials and rules for the double stitch, pearl loop and a new method of joining that makes tatting firmer. Written instructions with engraved illustrations follow for Scallop, Florentine, Oeillet, Etruscan and Gothic edgings, Venetian and Etruscan insertions and a Venetian border, with thread sizes and crochet headings. It closes with advertisements for the author's other publications, including The Tatting Book.
The Theory and Practice of Jute Spinning
The Theory and Practice of Jute Spinning
Book · 321 pages
A technical manual on the machinery used to prepare and spin jute yarn in Dundee-style mills, with over 140 scale diagrams. It covers boilers and engines, batching, breaker and finisher cards, drawing frames, roving, spinning frames, winding and related machines. Specifications, gearing, draft and twist calculations, speeds, production and waste figures are given in tables, and the book ends with reference tables of circle circumferences and areas.
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