This sample of Chinese made torchon bobbin lace edging is labeled as costing “$.60 per yard in US gold” and is made of linen. It was acquired from the Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy (Xiamen), China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
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.