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SPECIAL PRICE FOR PAIR OF NEEDLE LACE BOOKS BY ELIZABETH M. KURELLA
NEW BOOK -- first books will be shipped Monday January 30
Point de GazeBrussels Needle LaceforCollectors and Lacemakers
Point de Gaze Brussels Needle Lace was perhaps the last great form of handmade lace introduced by the commercial lace industry.
Production spanned the wildly creative Victorian era, and shows a remarkable range of designs. The lace has remained popular through the decades for a wide following from the bridal market to collectors.
By looking through the eyes of a connoisseur, lacemakers will see what it takes to raise lace to a fine art.
By looking through the eyes of a lacemaker, collectors will understand the relationship between design, technique and workmanship that make some lace worthy quarry for a collector,
- 168 pages
- More than 300 detailed black and white photos
- soft cover
- more than 100 patterns from antique point de gaze lace
- Perfect binding
Youghal Irish Needle Lace for Connoisseurs and Lacemakers
Unique designs ranging from high art to quirky folk art, stitched with exceptional skill and imagination, make Youghal needle lace something special for both connoisseurs and lacemakers to study.
By looking through the eyes of a connoisseur - a critical judge of art - lacemakers will see what it takes to raise lacemaking to a fine art.
By looking through the eyes of a lacemaker, connoisseurs will understand the relationships between design, techniques and skill that make some lace worthy quarry for the collector.
INCLUDES the full text of Irma Osterman's Youghal, A Charming Irish Needle Lace, with stitching diagrams and instructions.
- 158 pages
- More than 150 detailed black and white photographs of vintage Youghal needle lace.- More than100 patterns for lacemakers taken from vintage pieces, including designs by Sister Mary Regis.
- 8 1/2 by 11 inches- Soft Cover- perfect binding.
Author is Elizabeth Kurella, author of Guide to Lace and Linens, Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens, and the Conoisseur's Guide Series of lace texts, Normandy Lace, Many Lives of Old Lace, and Whitework Embroidered Lace Handkerchiefs.
FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FOR THE PAIR OF BOOK TO MOST COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IS $35 US
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