A plate book from the 'Studies from the Museums' series, edited by Alan S. Cole, reproducing photographs of 30 hand-made laces from the South Kensington Museum. A short introduction covers the nature of lace, needlepoint lace (reticella, punto in aria, Venetian raised point, French points), pillow or bobbin lace, pattern development, descriptive terms and uses of lace. Each plate has a caption giving origin, century, description, dimensions and museum registration number. Specimens include Italian and German lacis (darned netting), Venetian raised needle-point vestments and flounces, Alençon and Brussels lappets, Mechlin, Valenciennes, English or Danish, and Japanese lace.