Dear Madge and Others, The book is:
Busch,Ebba: M�nstertegning til kniplinger et �velsesh�fte fra 1700-tallet. Nationalmuseet, K�benhavn, 1980, ISBN 87-480-0308-5 (144 s.) The title is in English: Pattern drawing for lace, an exercise book from the 18th century. The book contains: Pages 1 to 25 Danish text. Pages 27 to 136 workbook sketches for lace motifs. Pages 137 to 141 English summary, which Pat Earnshaw declared to be excellent. Page 142 List of illustrations. Pages 143 to 145 Notes and references When Hans Friederichsen made the drawings in the exercise book in the 1770's they were old fashioned. This is an interesting book with the wrong title. Those wanting to learn how to make lace patterns found it useless and those interested in lace history did not look at it. The book was reduced to clear around 1985, I used as many as I could lay hand on as presents. I do remember that I gave some to libraries, the library at the Kantcentrum may have been one of them. The author Ebba Busch was writing on a Doctors Thesis in the 1960-70's. It often takes a lifetime to complete a Danish Doctors Thesis and her health broke down. She wrote several articles (only in Danish), but the final work never came. She had been out of touch for decades when she died a very short time ago. I do hope this answers your question. Greetings Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
