A 1924 Yale University Press study of lace and lace-making in the United States, mostly in the early nineteenth century. An introduction covers the history of lace, needlework and machine net, including Limerick lace and the machine-net shop run by Dean Walker in Medway, Massachusetts. The bulk of the book is about 100 numbered photographic plates with captions naming makers, owners and dates. They show darned net laces, bobbin and pillow laces, black lace veils, embroidered caps, flounces and dresses, tape laces, knitted lace, and Ipswich, Massachusetts lace patterns. Many pieces are from the Litchfield Historical Society, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and private owners, with a list of illustrations giving maker and ownership.