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Complete instructions

International school of artistic clunylaces, Tacoma, Wash. [from old catalog], Kenda, Paul & co., Tacoma, Wash. [from old catalog] · 1912 · Tacoma, Wash., P. Kenda & co. · 10 pictures

A lacemaking instruction manual issued in 1912 by the International School of Artistic Cluny Laces through P. Kenda & Co. of Tacoma, Washington, for home and trade students of Cluny bobbin lace. The plates photograph finished numbered samples against black grounds: radial doilies, scalloped collars, and repeating edging strips whose white threadwork reads as high-contrast line ornament for borders, rosettes, and stencil-like motifs.

Lace and lace making

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0