Hi Maria,
The authoritative work is Lace a history by Santina Levey,
textile curator at the VA museum in the UK. It is a very hefty
(large, heavy, thorough) and expensive book, but if you can get it
through interlibrary loan it would be worth it.
Lace an identification guide by Heather
--- Louise Bailey wrote:
The authoritative work is Lace a history by
Santina Levey,
For history and great pictures of the laces, I love
Lace a History.
For analyse of the technical aspects of the various
laces, use Elizabeth Kurella's book Guide to Lace and
Linens. The five basic
Hello,
I study craft design studies at university level in Finland and I'm
interested in bobbin lace. I'm going to study bobbin lace design
software in my master's thesis. For the theoretical background of my
study, I'd need an academic study (or few of them) on bobbin lace,
mainly lace types.
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Subject: [lace] academic study on bobbin lace
Hello,
I study craft design studies at university level in Finland and I'm
interested in bobbin lace. I'm
