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The Lace Making Historic book collection is a great resource for people interested in the art and technique of lace as it was practiced from the late-1800s to the early 20th century. The 23 books in this collection are a fascinating look at the beautiful creations made by home lace makers along with a wide array of patterns and instructions to let you make these wonderful works for yourself. This heavily illustrated collection will be an excellent addition to your reference collection and provides numerous examples of of high quality work that you can use for study or as guides for your own projects.

All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. Directions for making Poncetto lace (1917) - Rizzi, Theresa - 32 pages
2. Lace and lace making (1917) - Singleton, Esther - 26 pages
3. Self Instruction In Modern Lace Making (1916) - FRANCES HOWLAND - 32 pages
4. Designs for lace making (1870) - Hailstone, S. H. Lilla - 101 pages
5. Instructions for lace making .. (1878) - States, George W. - 66 pages
6. Lace work (1896) - Bradford, Mary E. - 54 pages
7. Lace making and collecting : an elementary handbook (1909) - Moody, A. Penderel - 157 pages
8. A handbook of Greek lace making (1870) - Herschel, Julia - 60 pages
9. Illustrated book of patterns for lace making (1878) - 24 pages
10. The art of modern lace-making (1891) - 134 pages
11. The lace book - Moore, N. Hudson - 343 pages
12. History of lace (1902) - Palliser, Bury, Mrs.; Jourdain, Margaret; Dryden, Alice - 778 pages
13. How to make lace. (1899) - 41 pages
14. Seven centuries of lace (1908) - Pollen, Maria Margaret La Primaudaye - 204 pages
15. Teneriffe lace work (1920) - 50 pages
16. The Honiton lace book (1875) - 100 pages
17. Lace-making in the Midlands : past and present (1900) - Channer, C. C; Roberts, Margaret E - 174 pages
18. Medici lace and the art of making it (1908) - Portier, Louise W. - 24 pages
19. Church lace : being eight ecclesiastical patterns in pillow-lace (1920) - Milroy, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wallace) - 137 pages
20. Teneriffe lace : designs and instructions (1904) - 55 pages
21. Pillow lace, a practical hand-book (1907) - Mincoff, Elizabeth; Marriage, Margaret S. - 356 pages
22. The new lace embroidery (Punto tagliato) With 34 illustrations (1905) - Tebbs, Louisa Augusta - 75 pages
23. The Priscilla Battenberg and point lace book; a collection of lace stitches with working directions for braid laces (1912) - Brown, Nellie Clarke - 52 pages

Here are some images from a few of the books:

This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.