History of Lace (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)
by Mrs. Bury Palliser
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486247422
- ISBN 13
- 9780486247427
- Seller
-
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Cover has some wear along the edges. Front, right, top corner is creased. There is a sticker on the back from a previous retailer. Binding are tight. Pages have some browning. Page edges have some dirt. No writing noted. Non smoking environment.
Lace developed prior to the 16th Century from the drawn work, cutwork and lacis (darning on squares of net) that evolved out of centuries of embroidery and needlework. Traces of elaborate netting have been found in the tombs of ancient Egypt: the Bible mentions ". . . fine twisted linen wrought with needlework. . .: and centuries-old Scandinavian buria2l chambers have yielded fragments of gold lace.
Lace developed prior to the 16th Century from the drawn work, cutwork and lacis (darning on squares of net) that evolved out of centuries of embroidery and needlework. Traces of elaborate netting have been found in the tombs of ancient Egypt: the Bible mentions ". . . fine twisted linen wrought with needlework. . .: and centuries-old Scandinavian buria2l chambers have yielded fragments of gold lace.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dead Tree Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Box122Lace
- Title
- History of Lace (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)
- Author
- Mrs. Bury Palliser
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486247422
- ISBN 13
- 9780486247427
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- craft, handcraft, lace
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Arts and Crafts;
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Dead Tree Books
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San Antonio, Texas
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