Embroideries and laces : values that sell : season 1913 : [catalogue]. --
A 1913 trade catalogue of embroideries and laces issued by Gordon, Mackay & Co of Toronto, aimed at retail buyers for the season's stock. Its pages show rows of sample strips and edgings photographed against dark ground, with item numbers, widths and per-yard prices printed beneath each swatch. A designer could draw on the dense repeating floral and geometric motifs, such as eyelet medallions, scalloped borders and lace trims, as period textile pattern sources.
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![Picture 2 of 5 from Embroideries and laces : values that sell : season 1913 : [catalogue]. -- (1913), leaf 16](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-embroiderlaces00mackuoft-16-0.webp)
![Picture 3 of 5 from Embroideries and laces : values that sell : season 1913 : [catalogue]. -- (1913), leaf 53](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-embroiderlaces00mackuoft-53-0.webp)
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![Picture 5 of 5 from Embroideries and laces : values that sell : season 1913 : [catalogue]. -- (1913), leaf 60](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-embroiderlaces00mackuoft-60-0.webp)