Chats on Old Lace and Needlework

Name: Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
Author: Emily Leigh Lowes

by Emily Leigh Lowes

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CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK
BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
PREFACE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
LACE.
NEEDLEWORK.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE
CHATS ON OLD LACE
I A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE
II THE ART OF LACE-MAKING
II THE ART OF LACE-MAKING
III THE LACES OF ITALY
III THE LACES OF ITALY
The Venetian Laces
IV THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN
IV THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN
Punto a Groppo, or Macramé.
V THE LACES OF FRANCE
V THE LACES OF FRANCE
The Needlepoint Laces of France
"Point d'Argentan."
Point d'Argentella.
VI THE PILLOW LACES OF FRANCE
VI THE PILLOW LACES OF FRANCE
Valenciennes.
Lille.
Chantilly.
French Blonde Lace.
Other French Laces.
VII THE LACES OF FLANDERS
VII THE LACES OF FLANDERS
BRUSSELS
VIII THE MODERN BRUSSELS LACES AND MECHLIN
VIII THE MODERN BRUSSELS LACES AND MECHLIN
Point Gaze,
Ghent,
MECHLIN,
IX OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES
IX OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES
Spanish Lace.
German Laces.
Russia.
Maltese,
X A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND
X A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND
XI ENGLISH LACES
XI ENGLISH LACES
DEVONSHIRE LACE.
Honiton
XII SCOTCH AND IRISH LACES
XII SCOTCH AND IRISH LACES
Irish Laces.
XIII HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE
XIII HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE
XIV SALE PRICES
XIV SALE PRICES
CHATS ON NEEDLEWORK
I OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY
II THE GREAT PERIOD OF EMBROIDERY
II THE GREAT PERIOD OF EMBROIDERY
III ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS
III ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS
Ancient Church Vestments.
IV TUDOR EMBROIDERY
IV TUDOR EMBROIDERY
V EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES
V EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES
VI STUART CASKETS AND MIRRORS
VI STUART CASKETS AND MIRRORS
VII EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK"
VII EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK"
BLACK WORK.
VIII STUART PICTURES
VIII STUART PICTURES
Stump work Symbols.
IX SAMPLERS
IX SAMPLERS
X THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES
X THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES
XI PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
XI PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
XII NEEDLEWORK PICTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
XII NEEDLEWORK PICTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
XIII EMBROIDERY IN "COSTUME"
XIII EMBROIDERY IN "COSTUME"
XIV SALE PRICES
XIV SALE PRICES
XV CONCLUSION
XV CONCLUSION
INDEX
INDEX
OLD LACE. (For Needlework see page 384) A
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