Customer Reviews

Linens And Lace

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A must book have for a collector of linens and lace. Rarely, do I find a book with such beautiful photographs, but valuable information from distinquishing manufactured from reproductions, types of lace and choosing a good reproduction. I especially liked the ideas of how to display the linens and lace rather than just tuck them in a drawer.My favorite idea is the use of linens and lace for window treatments. If you love linens and lace, buy this book for yourself and one for a friend. Linens and Lace makes a great gift.

If you know a little about laces then buy this book for only the pictures. I expected this book to be bigger with more substance but insead I've recived a picture book...and it is an ONLY lace book. No linens mentioned like sheets or pillows and so on.
The author lists several kind of laces which I would have loved to see in a close up photo so that I can visualize what it looks like and have an idea how it was executed. Instead there are pictures scattered around about random laces. Some of the laces she mentiones doesn't even have a photo in the book. While the picture quality is good and the photos are beautiful they were useless to me because only a few of them were shot as a close up.
Two stars for the photos.
P.S. If you want to read a truly good book on linens and read about them in depth buy The book of fine linen by Françoise de Bonneville. It is a huge book packed with beautiful pictures but just as much text. I'm yet to come accross a better book on linens.

I thought this was more of a project book...but it is mainly for showing different linens.
For the person wanting to see different linens it would be great.