Old lace : a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture
A collector's handbook on European lace by Margaret Jourdain, published in London by B. T. Batsford in 1908 for antiquarians and buyers learning to identify styles and periods. Halftone plates photograph lace flat against black grounds, so scrolling foliage, flowerheads, and mesh fillings read as white line on solid black; useful as ready-made repeating borders, filigree textures, and ornamental frames.
