Point d'Angleterre lappet, matching TE.L6544A, includes matching border for cap. Bobbin lace motifs applied to droschel bobbin lace ground. Round ends on lappet
Knotted needle lace flowers. String of multicolored curved band with three three-dimensional flowers in purple, maroon and ecru attached. The same knotted needle lace technique is used in different countries around the Mediterranean under the different names: Oya, Bebilla, Igne Oyalari, Turkish, Armenian Janyak, Mediterranean, and Kene knotted lace. The styles and designs vary among the regions.
Table cover embellished with brown geometric embroidery, mostly in satin stitch and inserts of ecru needle weaving. The brown and ecru bobbin lace border is probably Spanish from the 16th or 17th century. There are remnants of cross stitched initials (?) in black. Donor information: from Marian Hague
Printed lace pattern, named Pattern No. 2. Sold by Sara Hadley, New York. Only the dots are printed, not the little numbers indicating the sequence of working the pattern. Parts of this pattern has been used. This pattern is very fragile with parts of it missing.
Lace sample made on a pattern similar to Diamond Point Edging 2016.0048.05D, but in a smaller size. It is the size pictured in the booklet 2016.0048.03 The American Lace Maker, page 4.
This lace pattern is printed on light brown thin cardboard. It is titled Edging No. 24 and copyrighted 1904. All rights reserved. Rows of dots with tiny numbers 1-71 indicate the order of making the lace. The corresponding instructions are printed in The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, pages 30-31, as Lesson No. 24, Nile Edging. The pattern has not been used.
This lace pattern is printed on light brown thin cardboard. It is titled Round Point Edging and copyrighted 1904. All rights reserved. Rows of dots with the first connected with a zig-zag line and tiny numbers 1-18 indicate the order of making the lace. The corresponding instructions are printed in The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, page 4, as Lesson No. 3. This pattern was used.
Bobbin winder for winding lace bobbins. It attaches to the wheel of a threadle sewing machine, and the bobbin is inserted in the clamp for winding thread on bobbins. It was sold by mail order by the Torchon Lace Co between approximately 1902 and 1919 for 75 cents.
This lace pattern is printed on light brown thin cardboard. It is titled Spider Insertion and copyrighted 1904. All rights reserved. Rows of dots with tiny numbers 1-21 indicate the order of making the lace. The corresponding instructions are printed in The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, page 6, as Lesson No. 7, where it is also called Antique or "Spider" Insertion. This pattern has not been used.