Immensely useful volume, containing over 400 lace-related terms such as Florentine knots, lappets, a pillow horse, winkie pin, spangles, reticella, honiton, guipure, and Tuscan filet, discusses the origin, nomenclature, date and sequences of development of the more controversial forms. Enhanced with over 250 illustrations depicting various lace patterns, including a magnificent lace collar worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Queen Victoria’s wedding veil, the bridal tulle worn by Diana, Princess of Wales; and much more. A valuable book for lace-makers; a handy reference for cultural historians and needlecraft and fashion writers.

A Dictionary of Lace (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Earnshaw, Pat

Antiques & Collectibles

Dover Publications

Needle-Made Laces: Materials, Designs, Techniques

Arts & Photography

Ward Lock Ltd.

This is a practical guide to lace identification and technical variations, which also covers care and preservation. The distinctions between bobbin and needle laces and other techniques are shown, as are comparisons with machine laces which often cause confusion. A particular feature is the numbered key, a systematic method of arriving at the identity of the lace by means of the techniques used. Antique lace yarns are studied. A section on lace care deals with handling, washing, storage, display and presentation.

Bobbin & needle laces: Identification & care (Craft Paperback)

Crafts & Hobbies

Batsford Ltd.

Bobbin and Needle Laces: Identification and Care (Batsford Craft Paperbacks)

Chrysalis Books

Lace in Fashion: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

Lace Machines and Machine Laces

This book guides the reader through the intricacies of identifying a piece of lace, listing and illustrating the points to look through in each lace. It covers the whole range of lace from all parts of the world, selecting for examination those major types which the collector or dealer is most likely to come across or hear about. The numerous photographs are arranged to assist comparison of diagnostic features and to put together laces which might be confused with each other so that their differences, sometimes subtle, can be appreciated.

Identification of Lace (Shire Library)

Shire

Illustrates various patterns of lace.

The identification of lace

Shire Publications, Limited

Immensely useful volume, containing over 400 lace-related terms such as Florentine knots, lappets, a pillow horse, winkie pin, spangles, reticella, honiton, guipure, and Tuscan filet, discusses the origin, nomenclature, date and sequences of development of the more controversial forms. Enhanced with over 250 illustrations depicting various lace patterns, including a magnificent lace collar worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Queen Victoria’s wedding veil, the bridal tulle worn by Diana, Princess of Wales; and much more. A valuable book for lace-makers; a handy reference for cultural historians and needlecraft and fashion writers.

A dictionary of lace

Reference

Shire Publications

Dictionary of Lace

Shire Pubns

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