Hi all lacing friends, This past weekend Kim and I were shopping for costumes and props for the HS musical(South Pacific) at some antique shops in the area. Much to my surprise my peering eyes spotted in one of the cases this old booklet full of lace samples! Who would have thought I would find this! Normally I just find lace lengths or shuttles or threads. But I have never seen a Lace Merchants sample booklet. It is titled "Imported Cluny Laces" by Brookside Manufacturing Corporation, 114 East 32nd Street, New Yor 16, NY. There is no copyright date to indicate its age. I am assuming the early part of the 20th C. The booklet is 13 inches tall and made of blue card stock of separate pieces that are bound with darker blue cloth strips. Each folded card section is 13 inches tall by 14 inches wide. Most of the samples look to be torchon technique. But from I gather it is handmade lace not manufactured machine lace. I can see in the samples some mistakes and also there are some leaf tallies. As I understand that feature is hard to duplicate(??). Correct me if I am wrong! Each sample has a color and number. Take special note of the price per yard. YIKES!
Below are the images from front cover to back. Click on the images for a closer view. Front cover: http://tinyurl.com/ah8f5d Pages 1-2: http://tinyurl.com/b2d9p8 Pages 3-4: http://tinyurl.com/cp42yo Pages 5-6: http://tinyurl.com/d8fsaq Pages 7-8: http://tinyurl.com/d324mo Pages 9-10: http://tinyurl.com/bvncxn -- Mark, aka Tatman (who had a terrific WIPEOUT on the ice this morning, walking to work. I am sure the people in the passing car were laughing their heads off!! <G>) Temporary website: http://my.att.net/p/PWP-tatmanlace Temporary blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com/ email: [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
