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.
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"I found this book a very easy and enjoyable read. I am most impressed by the large number of beautiful and interesting lace photos...I feel that after reading this book I can also identify many forms of lace." - Tatting Tales (November 2009)
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Pat Earnshaw's interest in lace began as a collector but she was soon involved in giving lectures and study days on the identification and other aspects of antique laces, not only in Britain but in frequent lecture tours in the USA, Australia and Europe. The Identification of Lace was her first book. Fourteen others have followed, all addressing issues of lace.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
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Comprehensive guide to lace,
By MMCarolla (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Identification of Lace (Shire Library) (Paperback)
This book not only defines hundreds of types of lace - including close-up photographs, drawings, and diagrams of many of them - it also discusses terms dealing with the history and manufacture of these amazing works of art. It is a concise and comprehensive book that I have found incredibly helpful. It also has a wonderful bibliography for those who are looking for more detailed, in depth information regarding particular styles of lace.
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Although this book was published in 1980, the pictures and commentary are relevant to the lace maker, collector, or those interested in old lace.
The dozens of illustrations and pictures of lace along with the descriptions are detailed enough to identify lace pieces. Earnshaw has divided the lace identification into embroidered laces, needlepoint laces, bobbin laces, and machine laces. The back of the book contains a nice glossary and detailed index.
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The main groups of embroidered, needlepoint and bobbin laces existed, and vied with each other in fashion, through the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warp Frame, Point de Gaze, Gros Point, Point Plat, Bedfordshire Maltese, Hollie Point, Point de France, Point de Paris, Reseau Venise, Point de Colbert, Point de Neige, Point de Sedan, Trolle Kant New!
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The main groups of embroidered, needlepoint and bobbin laces existed, and vied with each other in fashion, through the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warp Frame, Point de Gaze, Gros Point, Point Plat, Bedfordshire Maltese, Hollie Point, Point de France, Point de Paris, Reseau Venise, Point de Colbert, Point de Neige, Point de Sedan, Trolle Kant New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Torchon Lacemaking: A Manual of Techniques by Elizabeth Wade in Back Matter
- Quilt of Belonging: The Invitation Project by Esther Bryan in Back Matter
- Soft Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers by Judy A. Juracek in Back Matter
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