Lace sample book

1900 · [publisher not identified] · 5 pictures

A manufacturer's sample book of machine-made lace, assembled in France around 1900 and kept as a trade reference for buyers and pattern selection. Black edging strips are mounted in pairs on vivid blue card with handwritten numbered labels, giving high-contrast silhouettes of scallops, points, leaves and openwork mesh usable as borders, repeat motifs or stencil shapes.

Lace and lace making -- France -- History -- 19th century · Lace and lace making -- France -- History -- 20th century · Lace (Needlework) · Machine lace · Raschel lace

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