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Creator:
Simeon, Margaret
Title(s):

The history of lace / Margaret Simeon.

Published/Created:
London : Stainer and Bell, 1979.
Physical Description:
xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
NK9406 .S55 1979 (LC)
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.
Subject Terms:
Lace and lace making -- History.
Lace and lace making.
Form/Genre:
History.
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  • I. Lace-makers and designers and their patrons.
  • II. Early lace: the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
  • III. Mid and late seventeenth century: the richness of the Baroque.
  • IV. The eighteenth century: Baroque to Rococo, and the Classical Revival.
  • V. The nineteenth century: hand-made lace in the machine age.
  • Appendix: collecting and care of lace.