A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Collection Of Lace In The South Kensington Museum

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Lace in the South Kensington Museum, 1881 Introduction. (by the late Mrs. Bury Palliser, with additions by Mr. Alan S. Cole.) lace making, as expressed in a primitive arrangement of threads plaited, twisted, tied, or looped, is found with nations in their early stages of development, as are the beating of metal, the cutting or shaping of wood, and similar handicrafts. But it takes its rank as a production of Fine Art, when the plaiting, twisting, or looping becomes the interpreter of ornamental forms. The collection of Laces of which this Catalogue is descriptive, is restricted chiefly to White thread Laces. It illustrates to a large extent the ornamental aspect of lace making. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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