La dentelle russe : histoire technique statistique
A late nineteenth-century lace history and reference volume by S. A. Davydova, published in Leipzig in 1895 for collectors, lace makers and students of Russian needlecraft. Its plates reproduce photographs of Russian bobbin lace bands, borders and lappets printed in sepia-toned halftone, with the lace shown in flat, evenly lit detail. A designer could take from them the openwork geometry of diamond grids, scalloped edges and dense floral repeats as structural patterns for textile, pattern and surface work.
