A lace guide for makers and collectors; with a bibliography and five-language nomenclature, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)
Whiting, Gertrude · New York, E.P. Dutton & company · leaf 144
Thesquare-meshed Valenciennes of Bruges, Ypres and Alost is made in the sameway as that of Honfleur, except that the sides of the meshes are braided four orfour and a half times instead of one or one and a half times. This Val groundis more open and clear than the three mentioned above, throwing… … 1 S-: After making the leaf-shaped outwork, a pin should be placed to support itand the pairs twisted three times. They each cloth-stitch, and are twisted threetimes, one going to the left and one to the right, where they meet pairs comingfrom other petals, through which they linen-stitch. Pins are…
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