Chats on Old Lace and Needlework

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Author

Lowes, Emily Leigh

Credits

E-text prepared by Susan Skinner and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Needlework

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26120

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26120

Release Date

July 24, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK
2. 2.BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS — Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.BIBLIOGRAPHY — LACE. — NEEDLEWORK.
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.I A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE
8. 8.CHATS ON OLD LACE
9. 9.I A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE
10. 10.II THE ART OF LACE-MAKING
11. 11.II THE ART OF LACE-MAKING
12. 12.III THE LACES OF ITALY
13. 13.III THE LACES OF ITALY — The Venetian Laces
14. 14.IV THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN
15. 15.IV THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN — Punto a Groppo, or Macramé .
16. 16.V THE LACES OF FRANCE
17. 17.V THE LACES OF FRANCE — The Needlepoint Laces of France — "Point d'Argentan." — Point d'Argentella.
18. 18.VI THE PILLOW LACES OF FRANCE
19. 19.VI THE PILLOW LACES OF FRANCE — Valenciennes. — Lille. — Chantilly. — French Blonde Lace. — Other French Laces.
20. 20.VII THE LACES OF FLANDERS
21. 21.VII THE LACES OF FLANDERS — BRUSSELS
22. 22.VIII THE MODERN BRUSSELS LACES AND MECHLIN
23. 23.VIII THE MODERN BRUSSELS LACES AND MECHLIN — Point Gaze , — Ghent , — MECHLIN,
24. 24.IX OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES
25. 25.IX OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES — Spanish Lace. — German Laces. — Russia. — Maltese ,
26. 26.X A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND
27. 27.X A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND
28. 28.XI ENGLISH LACES
29. 29.XI ENGLISH LACES — DEVONSHIRE LACE. — Honiton
30. 30.XII SCOTCH AND IRISH LACES
31. 31.XII SCOTCH AND IRISH LACES — Irish Laces.
32. 32.XIII HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE
33. 33.XIII HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE
34. 34.XIV SALE PRICES
35. 35.XIV SALE PRICES
36. 36.CHATS ON NEEDLEWORK
37. 37.I OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY
38. 38.II THE GREAT PERIOD OF EMBROIDERY
39. 39.II THE GREAT PERIOD OF EMBROIDERY
40. 40.III ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS
41. 41.III ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS — Ancient Church Vestments.
42. 42.IV TUDOR EMBROIDERY
43. 43.IV TUDOR EMBROIDERY
44. 44.V EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES
45. 45.V EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES
46. 46.VI STUART CASKETS AND MIRRORS
47. 47.VI STUART CASKETS AND MIRRORS
48. 48.VII EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK"
49. 49.VII EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK" — BLACK WORK.
50. 50.VIII STUART PICTURES
51. 51.VIII STUART PICTURES — Stump work Symbols.
52. 52.IX SAMPLERS
53. 53.IX SAMPLERS
54. 54.X THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES
55. 55.X THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES
56. 56.XI PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
57. 57.XI PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
58. 58.XII NEEDLEWORK PICTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
59. 59.XII NEEDLEWORK PICTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
60. 60.XIII EMBROIDERY IN "COSTUME"
61. 61.XIII EMBROIDERY IN "COSTUME"
62. 62.XIV SALE PRICES
63. 63.XIV SALE PRICES
64. 64.XV CONCLUSION
65. 65.XV CONCLUSION
66. 66.INDEX
67. 67.INDEX — OLD LACE. ( For Needlework see page 384 ) — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — V — W — Y — NEEDLEWORK — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — W

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