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.
This flounce of stylized floral motifs is executed in Blonde bobbin lace. The flounce is made of cream colored silk thread in three sizes. The ground is point ground, with the motifs made in dense linen stitches and lighter half stitches outlined with a heavy gimp thread. Honeycomb ground is used as decorative fillings. The flounce is edged with a narrow machine made picot edge on both sides.