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Title: The Art of Modern Lace Making

Author: The Butterick Publishing Co.

Release Date: August 15, 2007 [EBook #22325]

Language: English

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THE ART
OF
MODERN LACE-MAKING.

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PRICE:
FIFTY CENTS OR TWO SHILLINGS.

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PUBLISHED BY
The Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited).
_London and New York._

1891

PRINTED IN NEW YORK.

[Illustration]

INTRODUCTION.

Owing to the growing popularity of the fascinating art of lace-making
and the appeals of our readers to place it within their reach, we have
prepared this pamphlet. In making it a perfect instructor and a reliable
exponent of the favorite varieties of lace, we have spared neither time
nor expense, and are most happy to offer to our patrons what a
celebrated maker of Modern Lace has pronounced as "the finest book upon
lace-making to be found on either continent."

The illustrations, in the main, are direct reproductions from genuine,
hand-made modern laces, such as any lady may make who masters the
instructions found upon these pages.

The beauty of these laces is beyond question, their durability all that
can be desired, and their textures may be varied from an extreme
delicacy to a sumptuous opposite. In introducing the art of modern
lace-making into the realms of our reader