A History of Handmade Lace
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1900. Hardbound. Beige cloth with lace-theme spine area decoration and gold cobweb cover decoration and gold lettering; 245 pp. with 19 plates and over 200 engravings;. Very clean but with ex-lib. spine sticker and inside bookplate; some pages loose and one detached;. Item #116348
Subtitle reads: Dealing with the Origin of Lace, the Growth of the Great Lace Centres, the Mode of Manufacture, the Methods of Distinguishing and the Care of Various Kinds of Lace. The illustrations show close-up examples of lace as well as the fashion of its wear in portraits from the times. A very exhaustive and compelling study.
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