Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net;
A 1909 London handbook of filet brodé, or darning on net, by Isabel A. Simpson for home lacemakers; the plates catalogued here are instead line engravings copied from Assyrian palace reliefs. They give captioned figure studiesa scaled fish-cloaked "Oannes," bearded warriors crossing a river on inflated animal skins among scattered fishwith clean outlines and hatched scale and feather texture for cutout silhouettes and repeat motifs.
