THE LACE MAKING
ANTIQUE LACE
COLLECTION
A truly wonderful collection of over 100 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of LACE MAKING & ANTIQUE LACE.
Discover the history and origins of this fascinating art and fashion which spread rapidly throughoutEurope during the late 1500’s and early 1600’s. Learn how to create 100’s of patterns and designs, from simple guides for beginners to complicated and distinguished plans for the professional, this collection has it all! Study the arts of bobbin lace, needle lacework, hand-made lace, machine manufactured lace, Cluny lace, Poncetto lace, Irish crochet lace, pillow lace, point lace, filet brode, darning on net, Honiton lace, Teneriffe lace and much more! 
Learn what to look for as a collector of lace using the guides included in this collection. Browse vintage lace catalogues and illustrated displays from museums around the world from years gone by. Overall, a simply stunning collection of books covering all things to do with lace….
Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely rare and will provide a valuable library of reference material for anyone with an interest in making lace or collecting lace works. The full list of titles speaks for itself!
This wonderful collection of 100 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written in English with additional works in French, German and Italian.
The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:
A handbook of Greek lace making by J. Herschel (1870)
A history of hand-made lace by E. Jackson (1900)
A history of the machine-wrought hosiery and lace manufactures by W. Felkin
1867)
A lace guide for makers and collectors by G. Whiting (1920)
A renascence of the Irish art of lace-making. Illustrated by photographic reproductions of Irish laces, made from new and specially designed patterns by A. S. Cole (1888)
A supplemental descriptive catalogue of specimens of lace acquired for the South Kensington museum, between June 1880 and June 1890 by A. S. Cole (1891)
A technical history of the manufacture of Venetian laces (Venice- Burano) by G.M. Urbani de Gheltof ; translated by Lady Layard (1882)
A text book on Cluny and torchon laces by M. E. Woodward (1904)
A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads Vols. 2 - 7 by M. E. Bradford (1892)
Album de dentelle de Venise by G. Hardouin (1900)
Album de guipure d'Irlande by G. Hardouin (1900)
Antiche trine italiane  trine ad ago - E. Ricci (1908)
Artistic Cluny laces - Complete instructions by W. Tacoma (1912)
Bobbins of Belgium - a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages by C. Kellogg (1920)
Book on lace by A. Bertozzi (1604)
Causeries sur l'histoire de la dentelle - données en 1913 au Musée du Cinquantenaire by M. Kefer-Mali (1913)
Chats on old lace and needlework by E. L. Lowes (1908)
Church lace - being eight ecclesiastical patterns in pillow-lace by M. E. W. Milroy (1920)
Collection of antique laces and brocades of Max Littwitz (1912)
Decorative Textiles by G. L. Hunter (1918)
Dentelles et guipures par A. Lefebure (1904)
Designs for lace making by S. Hailstone (1870)
Devon pillow lace its history and how to make it by A. P. Moody (1908)
Die Krone der kunstfertigen Frauen, Musterbuch, 1691 von C. Vecellio (1891)
Die Nadelspitzen von T. Dillmont (1890)
Directions for making Poncetto lace by S. T. Rizzi (1917)
Easy lessons for lace makers - fancy stitches illustrated showing clearly how to make all modern laces by Belding Bros & Co. (1901)
Embroideries and laces - Catalogue by Gordon Mackay & Co. (1913)
Embroidery and lace; their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors, and general readers by E. Lefebure (1888)
Handbuch der Spitzenkunde, Technisches und Geschichtliches über die Näh-, Klöppel- und Maschinenspitzen by T. Frauberger (1894)
Histoire du point d'Alençon, depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours par G. B. Despierres (1886)
History of lace by B. Palliser (1902)
Honiton lace industry by A. S. Cole (1888)
How to make baby Irish crochet lace. A practical method. (2nd album) by Mme. Cartier-Bresson (1921)
How to make Battenburg and point lace by N. C. Brown (1900)
How to make lace by Christie & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (1899)
I singolari e nuovi disegni per lavori di bianchería by F. Vincilio (1909)
Il Burato - libro de recami - A. Paganini (1909)
Illustrated book of patterns for lace making by Mme. Gurney (1878)
Illustrated catalogue of rare and beautiful Sixteenth and Seventeenth century laces collected during twenty years by Leone Ricci, Esq. ofFlorence (1915)
Ingalls' hand-book of darned lace patterns by J. F. Ingalls (1885)
Instructions for lace making by G. W. States (1878)
La dentelle - guide du visiteur par E. Overloop (1912)
La dentelle aux fuseaux par L. Paulis (1921)
Lace album; a series of twenty-six plates of designs for lace by F. Fischbach
1878)
Lace and lace making by E. Singleton (1917)
Lace industry in England and France by W. A. G. Clark (1909)
Lace making and collecting - an elementary handbook by A. P. Moody (1909)
Lace work by M. E. Bradford (1896)
Lace work in the field of decoration by J. F. Patching (1900)
Lace, ancient and modern - comprising a history of its origin and manufacture, with instructions concerning the manner of making it by C. D. Beebe (1880)
Lace, its origin and history by S. L. Goldenberg (1904)
Lace-making in the Midlands - past and present by C. C. Channer (1900)
Lace-making with crochet hook and knitting needles (1912)
Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net by I. A. Simpson (1909)
Le filet-guipure par Th. de Dillmont (1870)
Le filet-Richelieu par Th. de Dillmont (1800)
Le poinct de France et les centres dentelliers au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècles; ouvrage orné de quarante-trois illustrations par L. Laprade (1905)
Les arts du tissu par G. Migeon (1909)
Les dentelles à l'aiguille par Th. de Dillmont (1893)
Les points de France by E. Lefebure (1912)
Les singvliers et novveavx povrtraicts - F. di Vinciolo (1589)
L'industrie dentelière française spécialement en Flandre; enquête dans la région de Balleul par A. Mabille de Poncheville (1911)
L'Industrie des tulles & dentelles mécaniques dans Le Pas-de-Calais, 1815-1900 par H. Henon (1900)
Medici lace and the art of making it by L. W. Porter (1908)
Old and new lace in Italy, exhibited at Chicago in 1893. Dedicated to Her Majesty, Queen Margherita (1893)
Old lace - a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture by M. Jourdain (1908)
Old point lace - how to copy and imitate it by D. W. Hawkins (1878)
Old world lace; or, A guide for the lace lover by C. M. Blum (1920)
Origines de la dentelle de Venise et l'ecole de Burano (1907)
Patrons de broderie et de lingerie du XVIe siècle par H. Cocheris (1872)
Point and pillow lace - a short account of various kinds ancient and modern, and how to recognize them by M. Sharp (1899)
Section française (class 84) - dentelles, broderies, passementeries et dessins
1908)
Seven centuries of lace by J. H. Pollen (1908)
Spitzen und ihre Charakteristik von B. von Jurie (1907)
Supplement to The art of bobbin lace by L. A. Tebbs (1911)
Swiss embroidery and lace industry by W. A. G. Clark (1908)
Tapisseries, broderies et dentelles; recueil de modeles anciens et modernes par E. Muntz (1890)
Teatro delle nobili et virtvose donne  dove, si rappresentano varij disegni di lauori by E. C. Parasole (1891)
Teneriffe lace - designs and instructions (1904)
Teneriffe lace work by Th. de Dillmont (1920)
Textilsammlung Iklé Katalog. Industrie - u. Gewerbemuseum St. Gallen, 1908
1908)
The art of bobbin lace - a practical text book of workmanship in antique and modern lace by L. A. Tebbs (1911)
The art of modern lace-making by unknown author (1891)
The handbook of point lace - with illustrations and descriptions of thirty-four different stitches and a series of designs by V. Touche (1870)
The Honiton lace book by Devonia (1875)
The imperial macramé lace book. With numerous illustrations and instructions. Flax threads by Barbour Bros Co. (1877)
The lace & embroidery collector; a guide to collectors of old lace and embroidery by R. E. Head (1922)
The lace book by S. H. Moore (1904)
The netting book for guipure d'art by E. Riego de la Branchardière (1879)
The new lace embroidery (Punto tagliato) With 34 illustrations by L. A. Tebbs
1905)
The Priscilla Battenberg and point lace book; a collection of lace stitches with working directions for braid laces by N. C. Brown (1912)
The romance of lace, its historical background, its present manufacture, its varieties and uses byZion Lace Industries(1920)
The romance of the lace pillow; being the history of lace-making in Bucks, Beds, Northants and neighbouring counties by T. Wright (1919)
The Twentieth century pattern book for Norwegian lace and embroidery by E. H. Silljan (1908)
An absolute must for anyone with an interest in making all kinds of lace and collecting antique lace – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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