A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads (1892)
Bradford, Mary E, Barbour Brothers Company · [New York] : Barbour Brothers Co. · leaf 84
ff, Corydon, Ind.] Materials : Barbours Irish flax lace thread, No. 250, 2-cord, 200-yards spools, pure white, fine sewing needle, 12 yards plain lacebraid, 2 yards purl edge, and 6-inch square linen cambric. The pattern may be stiffened by placing wrapping-paper beneathit. The braid is then… … Handkerchief in Point Lace. to give detailed directions for work of this kind, and entirely unneces-sary, as stitches may be varied indefinitely according to the taste ofthe worker. All that is needed is the perfect illustration one alwaysfinds in the Barbour books, and the pattern. Broadly…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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