American Lace & Lace-makers
Author : Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Embroidery
ISBN :
The Lacemaker's Secret
Author : Kathleen Ernst
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0738755532
Book Description
"In this heartfelt tale of labor and love, Ernst produces one of her most winning combinations of historical evocation and clever mystery."—Kirkus Reviews Greed, Uncertainty, and Death Get Tangled in the Mystery of a Rare Piece of Belgian Lace Curator Chloe Ellefson needs distraction from the unsettling family secret she's just learned. It doesn't help that her boyfriend, Roelke McKenna, has been troubled for weeks and won't say why. Chloe hopes a consulting job at Green Bay's Heritage Hill Historical Park, where an old Belgian-American farmhouse is being restored, will be a relaxing escape. Instead she discovers a body in a century-old bake oven. Chloe's research suggests that a rare and valuable piece of lace made its way to nearby Door County, Wisconsin, with the earliest Belgian settlers. More importantly, someone is desperate to find it. Inspired by a courageous Belgian woman who survived cholera, famine, and the Great Fire, Chloe must untangle clues to reveal secrets old and new...before the killer strikes again.
A Practical Guide to Needle Lace
Author : Jacqueline Peter
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780764358692
Book Description
The supportive, detailed guide that crafters want for frustration-free learning of all the basics, including core techniques and 40 different patterns.
Polish Lace Makers
Author : Anna Sznajder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1498584322
Book Description
AnnaSznajder centers this ethnography of gendered creative practice in the lace-making community of Bobowa, Poland. Grounded in rural gender studies and feminist epistemology, Polish Lace Makers: Gender, Heritage, and Identity is a pivotal historical and modern account of the social and economic behaviors of entrepreneurial craftswomen tasked with preserving the originality and symbolic value of lace. Sznajder traces the evolving work strategies and occupational identities of this community from the early 19th nineteenth century up to the modern day, outlining the challenges of World War II, communist rule, and socialist Poland. The case studies included in this account are emulative of the larger struggle of female entrepreneurs to self-manage, innovate, create, and provide for themselves and their families. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and European studies.
Fiona's Lace
Author : Patricia Polacco
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,34 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442487259
Book Description
An Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona’s talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story from the New York Times bestselling creator of The Keeping Quilt. Many years ago, times were hard in all of Ireland, so when passage to America becomes available, Fiona and her family travel to Chicago. They find work in domestic service to pay back their passage, and at night Fiona turns tangles of thread into a fine, glorious lace. Then when the family is separated, it is the lace that Fiona’s parents follow to find her and her sister and bring the family back together. And it is the lace that will always provide Fiona with memories of Ireland and of her mother’s words: “In your heart your true home resides, and it will always be with you as long as you remember those you love.” This generational story from the family of Patricia Polacco’s Irish father brims with the same warmth and heart as the classic The Keeping Quilt and The Blessing Cup, which Kirkus Reviews called “deeply affecting” in a starred review, and embraces the comfort of family commitment and togetherness that Patricia Polacco’s books are known for.
Clones Lace
Author : Máire Treanor
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Clones (Ireland)
ISBN : 9781891656903
Book Description
Preface to second edition -- Réamhrá - foreword --The story of clones lace -- How to make clones lace -- Twenty-one motifs -- Some edgings -- Working with linen -- Irish crochet -- Twelve projects -- Footnotes.
A Dictionary of Lace
Author : Pat Earnshaw
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 048640482X
Book Description
Handy reference of more than 400 lace-related terms (Florentine knots, lappets, spangles, reticella, honiton, Tuscan filet, etc.) plus discussions of the origin, nomenclature, dating, and development of more controversial lace forms. Over 250 illustrations depict such lovely creations as Queen Victoria's wedding veil and the bridal tulle worn by Diana, Princess of Wales.
An Introduction to Bobbin Lace Making
Author : Rosemary Shepherd
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2023-11-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781648373886
Book Description
Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking is an instructional book ideal for all ages and skill levels. Readers learn the art and technique of lacemaking and its rich history. Weavers around the world have found it an indispensable guide.
Legacy of Lace
Author : Kathleen Warnick
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Lace and lace making
ISBN :
Book Description
Readers are given all the information needed to identify the common forms of American lace that they may find in Grandmother's attic, at an auction, at a flea market, or in an antiques shop. Here are tips on starting an exciting collection and suggestions for preserving, storing, displaying, and using lace. 300 photos.
Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace
Author : Geraldine Stott
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780713443721
Book Description
A completely color-coded primer to Bucks Point, known as the “Queen of English Lace.” An exhaustive reference tool for lacemakers, complete with instructions, patterns and photographs.
