Contains designs drawn from the handmade needle and bobbin laces of the 16th to the 18th centuries made in Italy, France, England, Flanders and Belgium.

Lace, like silver or porcelain, can be classified by type and its date and place of origin often can be identified. But in the absence of marks giving maker or

Superb reproduction of most popular 16th-century lace design book. Nearly 100 original patterns for point coupe, reticella, and guipure; the second part describ