Lace History, Identification

* 20th Century Linens and Lace, Elizabeth Scofield & Peggy Zalamea
Identification, care and prices of household linens including Appenzeil, damask and tatting. (SJ48) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN: 0887408265, 9780887408267

* 75 X Lace, Patricia Wardle
A comprehensive history of lace through a survey of 75 pieces from the royal lace collection maintained at the Rijksmuseum. (UW09) $44.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9040094489, 9789040094484

* Antique Lace: Identifying Types & Techniques, Heather Toomer
Frome 16th c. through 19th c. revivals including knitted lace, tatting and embroidered laces with value guide. (SJ44) $50.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN: 0764313843, 9780764313844

* Antique Linens: From The Kitchen To The Boudoir, Marsha L. Manchester
19th & 20th c. linens with price guide. (SJ42) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0764316915, 9780764316913

* Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens, Elizabeth Kurella
Basic mending techniques presented in step-by-step detailed photos and case studies of mending in cutwork, crochet, needle lace, bobbin lace and other techniques. (KU05) $25.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 128
ISBN: 0964287129, 9780964287129

* The Art and Craft Of Old Lace, Freiherr Alfred Von Henneberg
Perhaps the most significant work ever published on the technical aspects of hand made lace, the treatise is fully illustrated by photo and color analysis with a thorough survey and analysis of early lace. (LE67) $100.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
ISBN: 1891656104, 9781891656101

* Bobbin Lace In Photographs, Cynthia Voysey
Detailed photos of the best in bobbin laces from the 17th c. to the present, each piece dated and named. For collectors and admirers. (BA28) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 127
ISBN: 0713453311, 9780713453317

* Dictionary Of Lace, Pat Earnshaw
Alphabetically arrangement of over 400 entries with illustrated appendix. (DY93) $15.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 240
ISBN: 048640482X

Finishing Touch (D2037) $35.00
ISBN: 8787237598, 9788787237598

* Graced By Lace: A Guide For Collectors Of Antique Linen & Lace, Debra Bonito
Lace in the forms of trims, bridal, fashion, etc with value guide. (SJ45) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN: 0764312693, 9780764312694

* Greek Threadwork: Lace, Tatiana Ioannou-Yannara
An instructive and well-documented source material, colour and black-and-white photographs and typical examples of threadwork in museums and private collections in Greece, are presented here in full recognition of their importance to the international bibliography. Special supplementary designs and patterns analyse the methods used, to make it easier both to comprehend and to reproduce traditional threadwork as well as to create new patterns. (MP65) $47.00
ISBN: 9789602040522

* Guide To Lace & Linens, Elizabeth M. Kurella
Technique for lace identification with value guide and glossery of terms. (CI79) $30.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 224
ISBN: 0930625897, 9780930625894

* Hispanic Lace and Lacemaking, Florence Lewis May
A thorough survey of Hispanic Lacemaking thoroughly documented with excellent photos and descriptions of virtually every variety of lace technique as well as lace and fashion themes in contemporary portrait art, furniture and fashion. (HI01) $30.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 417

* How To Recognise Machine Laces, Pat Earnshaw
With clear illustrations, photos and historical backgrounds, this is an excellent identification guide. ISBN. 0-9524113-2-X. (EA09) $25.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0952411326, 9780952411321

* The Identification Of Lace, Pat Earnshaw
The authoritative guide to lace identification. Arranged by technique, you are guided through all varieties of hand and machine laces. Clear photos and descriptions. A must for the collector. (SI01) $30.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0747802378, 9780747802372

* The Illustrated Dictionary Of Lace, Judyth L. Gwynne
A long awaited definitive reference to lace identification presented in a systematic approach covering techniques, related laces, evolution of style, historical notes, copies, with a wealth of multiple photographs. An important resource for understanding lace for collectors, historians and designers. (LE27) $30.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN: 0916896862, 9780916896867

Italian Lace Designs, Elisa Ricci
A selection of 135 illustrations from "OLD ITALIAN LACE" with identification notes. (DV97) $80.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0486275884

Lace, Fulvia Lewis
A beautifully presented collection of antique laces in both true size and detail (EA23) $135.00
ISBN: 9788895158105

* Lace, Translated By Sue Bodden
Part of a series. A pictorial tour of lace from 16th - 20th c. by pattern books, drawings, and contemporary illustrations with descriptive notation. (BI23) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 94
ISBN: 2877142833

* Lace and Lacemaking, Marian Powys
Lace collecting and techniques for identifying, making, mending and care. (DZ29) $17.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 224
ISBN: 0486418111, 9780486418117

The Lace Collection, M. Risselin Steenebrugen
Photo survey of lace from Miusees Royaux D'Art et d'Histoire. (MU04) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 56

* Lace Fans, Ann Collier
The craft of fan making with historical information. (TB38) $22.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 128
ISBN: 0713489316, 9780713489316

* Lace In Fashion, From The Sixteenth To The Twentieth Centuries, Pat Earnshaw
An important lace classic, the significance of lace is presented through contemporary portraits and detailed photos. (EA05) $32.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 168
ISBN: 0951389130, 9780951389133

* Lace In The Making With Bobbins and Needle, Margaret L. Brooke
Originally published in 1923, this remains one of the most outstanding books for exploring both bobbin and needle lace for both maker and collector. Clear drawings and instructions present lace in its most generic forms. (RR01) $24.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 164

* Lace Machines and Machine Laces, Pat Earnshaw
The most complete and authoritative guide to making lace, the author traces the history of the major lace machines, discussing structure and function, correlating the appearance of the laces with the machines that produce them. Over 400 illustrations and a complete glossary complement the discussion of stitches, techniques and machines. (DC28) $50.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN: 095241130X, 9780952411307

* Lace Machines and Machine Laces, V. Ii, Pat Earnshaw
A continuation of the marvels of the machine, with inclusion of the latest in computer technology. ISBN. 0-9524113-1-8. (EA10) $48.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
ISBN: 0952411318, 9780952411314

Lace With The Delicate Aire (ex Cat) (B1034) $6.00

* Lace, A Guide To Identification, Heather Toomer
Grouped by technique, technical features and style used to classify and understand laces of all periods. (RR07) $50.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0713457015, 9780713457018

Lace, A History (WM02) $200.00

* Lace, A Quick Guide To Identification, Lace Arts Council
CVovers most major laces with photo, close-up and identification characteristics. Includes hand and machine comparisons. (LH56) $12.00
Binding: Spiral
Pages: 40

Lace, The Elegant Web, Janine Montupet and Thislaine Schoeller
Beautifully illustrated historical survey with anecdotal stories from lace's golden age. (AB10) $75.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0810935538, 9780810935532

* Lace: The Poetry Of Fashion, Bella Veksler
Lace through historical garments. (SJ46) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
ISBN: 0764305387, 9780764305382

The Lacemaker and The Princess, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Eighteenth c. France, prior to the Revolution, is the setting for this tale where the youngest of a family of lacemakers meets Marie Antoinette. (SB49) $17.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 199
ISBN: 9781416919209

* The Laces Of Ipswich, Marta Cotterell Raffel
The art and economics of an early American industry between 1750 and 1840 and how this industry sustained fashion. (UP51) $25.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 176
ISBN: 1584651636, 9781584651635

Linens and Lace, Tricia Foley
The romance of lace as used throughout the home. (RH02) $20.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 87
ISBN: 0517576805, 9780517576809

Living With Lace, Bo Niles
Decorating the home with this beautiful and versatile material in all its myriad of forms. Includes historical information and tips on care. (WH03) $35.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176

* The Love Of Lace, Cynthia Hart and Catherine Calvert
A visually readable story of lace told with the visual collages this author and become famous for. Laces from the Lacis collection. (WH13) $25.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 104
ISBN: 1563053004, 9781563053009

* Make Normandy Lace Patchworks Today, Elizabeth M. Kurella
Normandy "patchwork" lace here defined in terms of traditional patterns and the techniques for recreating them. (KU08) $18.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 48

* The Many Lives Of Old Lace, Elizabeth Kurella
The story of lace and how it survived centuiries of viable use through its adatabilty to be altered, salvaged and reformated to contemporary tastes in costume. (KU10) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 130
ISBN: 0964287196, 9780964287198

* Merletti E Ricama Italiana, 2005
Research papers on lace and embroidery as presented at an the International Forum of Lace and Embroidery. an event to support the historical traditions. Classification, definitions and techniques. Beautifully illustrated, English and Italian text.Catalog of Italia Invita Internaytional Foum coering all technieus of lace and embroidery. Theme is borders. (EN20) $56.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9788889262061

Merletti E Ricama Italiana, 2007
Research papers on lace and embroidery as presented at an the International Forum of Lace and Embroidery. an event to support the historical traditions. Classification, definitions and techniques. Beautifully illustrated, English and Italian text. Theme is cushions. (EN21) $36.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9788889262061

* Merletti E Ricama Italiana, 2009
Research papers on lace and embroidery as presented at an the International Forum of Lace and Embroidery. an event to support the historical traditions. Classification, definitions and techniques. Beautifully illustrated, English and Italian text. Theme is gift and bridal. (EN22) $50.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9788889262313

Miracle (B1509) $25.00

* Needlelace In Photographs, Cynthia Voysey
Detailed photos of the best of needle laces from the 17th c. to the present, each piece named and dated. (BA27) $40.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 127
ISBN: 0713453311, 9780713453317

* Normandy Lace Patchworks, 2nd Ed, Elizabeth Kurella
The elusive lace, now documented, adds much to the understanding of the innovative patchwork laces of the late 19th c. Includes techniques for creating these pieces. (KU09) $25.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 156
ISBN: 0964287188, 9780964287181

Nottingham Lace (18th & 19th Centuries), Zillah Halls
This booklet is a brief history of machine lace as it developed in Nottingham (UK) , from the adaptations made to the stocking frame in the later 18th century to the fully developed Leavers machine of the mid 19th century. Includes illustrations of hand made laces simulated by lace machinery. (NT01) $30.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 52

Old Lace (B1041) $40.00

* Old Lace & Linens Including Crochet, Maryanne Dolan
Identification and value guide covering handstitched items of the past century. (BK03) $11.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 200
ISBN: 0896890724, 9780896890725

* Old World Lace, Clara M. Blum
A concise illustrated guide to lace identification originally published as Old World Lace in 1920. (DZ41) $8.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0486421503, 9780486421506

* Pictorial Archive Of Lace Designs, Carol Belanger Grafton
Over 300 antique lace designs taken from diverse sources. Not annotated. (DV65) $12.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 89
ISBN: 0486261123, 9780486261126

Pillow Lace In The East Midlands (LU01) $6.00

* Point and Pillow Lace, Mary Sharp
An authoratative guide to antique and collectable lace, fully illustrated with characteristices fully explained. (LH13) $22.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN: 1891656392, 9781891656392

* Postcards, Set1
9 clearly photographed postcards of 18th -19th c. laces. Includes a French point wedding couple, filet - children picking flowers, a Lacis unicorn and detailed trims. (LA27) $10.00

* Postcards, Set 3
9 more beautifully photographed antique laces including Gross Point de Venise, Point de France, Mechlin, Point de Gaze Argentella, Binche and more. (LA28) $10.00

Postcard, Wilda Northrop Watercolor (LA37) $2.00

Recognizing Lace (kantcentrum) (B1044) $15.00

* The Romance Of The Lace Pillow, Thomas Wright
(RR08) $24.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 271
ISBN: 090358512X

* Royal Honiton Lace, Elsie Luxton and Yusai Fukuyama
A 300 year history of Honiton lace, the finest of the English bobbin laces as viewed through the Royal Honiton Lace Collection. (DC67) $30.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 95
ISBN: 0713457643, 9780713457643

* The Secrets Of Real Lace, Elizabeth M. Kurella
Telling the difference between hand and machine made laces from early l9th c. (EK01) $21.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 76
ISBN: 0964287161, 9780964287167

* The Structure Of Threads For Lace, Barbara Ballantyne
Cotton and linen lace threads examined with differences noted between the same and different brands and relation to vintage threads. (KP87) $18.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9780980850703

* Thomas Lester, His Lace and The East Midlands Industry 1820-1905, Anne Buck
The lace industry at the time of the industrial revolution as seen through one of the most important lace designers and merchants of England. (RR02) $25.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 108
ISBN: 090358509X, 9780903585095

* Threads Of Lace From Source To Sink, Pat Earnshaw
The origins of threads from living and non living sources to some of the most glorious accomplishments of man. (EA02) $27.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 108
ISBN: 0951389114, 9780951389119

* Vecellio's Patterns For Needle Lace - 1591, Cesare Vecellio
A facsimile of the 1595 edition of the most popular book on early Italian needle lces, viz. Reticella and Punto in Aria as printed from original wood blocks. Includes 95 plates, 78 of which are lace patterns, printed on one side from books 2-5, (LH64) $28.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9781891656927

* Victorian Lace, Patricia Wardle
Lace, design and manufacture through the 19th c and the socail consequences throughout Europe and England. (RR10) $25.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288

* Whitework Embroidered Lace Handkerchiefs, Elizabeth M. Kurella
A study and analysis of early 19th c. embroidered handkerchiefs. (KU06) $18.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0964287153

* Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years, Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Women, cloth and society in the early times, data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods to show that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient and early modern worlds, with their own industry: fabric. (NO54) $18.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 334
ISBN: 0393313484, 9780393313482

* Youghal Lace, The Craft and The Cream, Pat Earnshaw
Emphasis on technique with written instructions for 43 stitches. (EA03) $21.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0951389122, 9780951389126

Danish Text

Anne Cathrine Buddes Mons...(pat Bk) (B1001) $20.00

Danske Frihandskniplinger (B1004) $36.00

Dutch, Flemish Text

Brugge & Kant (B1003) $90.00

French Text

* Calais, Anne Kraatz
One of finest collections of hand made lace from the Muse de la Mode. B & W and color photos. French text. (DE46) $90.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 368
ISBN: 2711834336, 9782711834334

* Dentelle Polychrome De Courseulles, Jean-Claude Brulet
The story of the rich bobbin laces of Normandy where threads could be of gold, and color. Beautifully illustrated. French text. (LT84) $34.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 79
ISBN: 228358406X, 9782283584064

* La Dentelle, Claude Fauque
A poetic survey of lace from historical, technical and social perspectives focusing on the artistic creation. French text. (SY40) $45.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 142
ISBN: 2841462420, 9782841462421

Dentelle, La (le Puy Lace Mag) (B1005) $25.00

* Dentelles, Les Editions Du Carrousel
A pictorial tour of lace from 16th - 20th c. by pattern books, drawings, and contemporary illustrations with descriptive notation. French text. (BK10) $12.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 94
ISBN: 274560192X, 9782745601926

Dentelles Belges Du 16 Au 18 Siecle, M. Risselin Steenebrugen
Photo survey of 16-18th c. lace (MU02) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 56

Dentelles Belges Du 19 Au 20 Siecle, M. Risselin Steenebrugen
Photo survey of 29 -20th c. lace (MU03) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 56

Dentelles Europeennes, Tadao Ogura and Tadashi Inumaru
An extraordinary illustrated catalog of European laces and related costume illustrations from a 1987 Exhibit in Japan. Japanese and French text. (WM04) $46.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 212
ISBN: 487642120X

Dentelles Italiennes, M. Risselin-Steenebrugen
History of needle lace, including Reticella and filet, from the 16th through the 19th centuries; text in French with black and white photos. (MU01) $30.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 132

Kant Uit Belgie Van De Zestiende Eeuw Tot Heden, Marguerite Coppens
Museum catalog from 1981 of black & white photos and descriptions of laces from the 16th century to the 1930's, mostly the oldest & fanciest bobbin laces. Dutch text. (MU07) $35.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 144

Points A L'Aiguille Belges, L. Paulis
Needlelace survey with rich text in French. (MU14) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 61

Qu'est-Ce Qu'une Dentelle, M. Risselin Steenebrugen
Lace defind through photo details. French text. (MU06) $20.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 52

* La Route Des Dentelles Normandes, Mick Fouriscot
The needle and bobbin laces of Normandy from Argentan to Chantilly (French text) . Fully illustrated. (AD31) $30.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 48
ISBN: 2911920228, 9782911920226

German Text

* Kloppelspitzen-Eine Zeitreise, Enrika Knoff
The story of bobbin lace including origins, identification and tools with illustrationms of over 230 pieces illustrated. (BH19) $84.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9783925184956

* Le Pompe
Early Venetian lace pattern book. (EF97) $24.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 35

Italian Text

* Antiche Trine Italiane - Trine A Fuselli, Elisa Ricci
Reprint of 1911 work on Italian bobbin laces (EN15) $45.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9788889262153

* Antiche Trine Italiane - Trine Ad Aco, Elisa Ricci
Reprint of the 2 Volumes from 1908 work on Italian needle laces. (EN14) $45.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9788889262146

* Arte E Ricamo A Parma, Leone Carmignani
Reprint of 1926 edition of embroidery patterns inspired by the Romanesque monuments of Parma. (EN27) $35.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9788889262337

* Disegni Per Merletti, Ostaus, Paganino, Vavassore, Vinciolo
Reprinbts of five lace pattern books from the 16th c. (EN13) $68.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 456
ISBN: 9788889262276

* L'Aemilia Ars Di Antpnilla Cantelli, Barbara Cantelli
The works and designs of the last great interpreter of Aemilia Ars Needle lace (EN16) $67.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9788889262252

* Merletti Napoletani, Gioacchino Toma
Bobbin lace design plates by the 19th c. painter Toma. (EN28) $56.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9788889262306

* Il Merletto Veneziano, Doretta Davanzo Poli
The glory of the Venetian needle laces from their 16th c. beginnings to modern times, with magnificent photos of laces, costume and accessories. Italian text. (DE43) $65.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 143
ISBN: 8841552999, 9788841552995

* Pizzi Antichi, Cesare Vecellio
The reproduction of the 16th c. book of lace patterns. (TX05) $25.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 71

* Ricami A Treccia Di Savignano, Bellomo, Notore and Paglierani
The braid embroideries of Savignano by photo (EN11) $22.00
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9788889262177

* Trine A Filo Di Refe, Antonio Merli
A 1864 reprint of lace patterns by a Genoese engraver. (EN10) $14.00
Binding: Perfect Bound
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9788889262078

Japanese Text

* Duchesse & Rosaline, Michiko Lino
History and examples of these popular bobbin laces. Japanese text. (JI81) $160.00
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 56