Gillian Dye & Jean Leader
A Hardcover 176 pages' book- by two well known lace makers and authors which sets out to answer we all face when attempting to identify a piece of old lace - What type of lace is it? How old is it? Is it hand-made or machine-made? What would it have been used for? It deals predominantly with the history and construction of hand-made and machine laces of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, setting out guidelines for a systematic approach to lace identification and advice on cleaning and storage. There are separate chapters on the different types of lace: bobbin lace, needle lace, craft laces such as crochet and tatting, machine lace and lace based on tapes and nets. There are exercises on distinguishing similar pieces of lace made using different techniques and illustrations of how lace has been used and of some tools used in the making. Excellent presentation, profusely illustrated, with over 340 colour photographs.
Text in English
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