Hi Mark
It looks very much like Barmen machine to me, and yes, narrow tallies
like that can be made on those machines.
Brenda
On 3 Feb 2009, at 19:24, Mark, aka Tatman wrote:
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>)
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