Livres a dentelles; No. 2
A lace pattern book by Emmanuel Bocher, published in Paris by Amand-Durand in 1887, aimed at lacemakers and embroiderers. Its plates are numbered engraved sheets of lace designs drawn over a grid, showing borders, bands and repeating motifs. A designer could take from them the grid-based construction of scrollwork, foliate bands and geometric edgings that suit textile and border patterns.
