For an online copy of Beeton's Book of Needlework check http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15147
Rita Bartholomew Massachusetts, USA On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Barbara Ballantyne < [email protected]> wrote: > The material in Beeton's book of Needlework published in 1870 appeared > in a series of books by Madame Goubaud issued between 1866 and 1871. I > found this when I checked them in the British Library which holds 14 of > Madame Goubaud's books. Mrs Beeton died in 1865. > > 'Samuel Beeton told us in the preface to Beeton's Book of Needlework > that the 'best attainable workers' had carried out his late wife's > wishes to have a needlework book along the same lines as her classic one > on household management . He also wrote that point lace had recently > become popular and the patterns in the book would help ladies to > reproduce antique laces. > > Madame Goubaud may have been the editor rather than the author of the > wide range of needlework reprinted in the Beeton's book. She already > had a large workload as she and her husband produced the prestigious > French fashion magazine /Le Moniteur de la Mode/ in Paris. The Beetons > and Goubauds were friends and business associates.' > > These two paragraphs are quoted from my book /Mademoiselle Riego and > Irish crochet lace/, p. 18. > > Madame Goubaud's point lace book can be downloaded from > www.archive.org. It came up close to the top of the list when I typed > Madame Goubaud point lace into google. > > Barbara Ballantyne > in sunny Sydney, Australia > > On 29/06/2015 3:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > > [email protected]. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
