Old lace: : : a handbook for collectors

It may, perhaps, seem necessary to give some reason for the appearance of a new work dealing with hand-made lace, especially as two books on this subject have appeared in England alone in the course of the year.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II - LACIS OR DARNED NETTING

CHAPTER III - CUTWORK AND PUNTO IN ARIA.

CHAPTER IV - EARLY ITALIAN BOBBIN LACE

CHAPTER V - VENETIAN NEEDLEPOINT AND BURANO LACE

CHAPTER VI - MILANESE LACE

CHAPTER VII - CRETAN

CHAPTER VIII - FLANDERS

CHAPTER IX - BELGIAN LACE

CHAPTER X - MECHLIN AND ANTWERP LACE

CHAPTER XI - VALENCIENNES AND DUTCH LACE

CHAPTER XII - ALENCON AND ARGENTAN

CHAPTER XIII - LILLE AND ARRAS

CHAPTER XIV - CHANTILLY

CHAPTER XV - ENGLISH NEEDLEPOINT

CHAPTER XVI - ENGLISH BOBBIN LACE

CHAPTER XVII - ENGLISH BOBIN LACES

CHAPTER XVIII - IRISH LACES

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

INDEX