The art of modern lace-making
The Art of Modern Lace-Making is a late nineteenth-century instruction manual for lacemaking, written by Jennie Taylor Wandle and published by the Butterick Publishing Company in London and New York in 1896 for amateur needleworkers. Its plates photograph finished lace edgings, doilies, collars and handkerchief corners, with a few pattern drawings of motifs and sprays. A designer could draw on the dense, openwork geometry of these pieces, the contrast between rosette medallions and scalloped borders, and the way the ornament sits in symmetrical circular and corner layouts.
