Exposition Franco-Britannique, Londrés 1908 : section française (classe 84) dentelles, broderies, passementeries et dessins
This 1908 catalogue from the French section of the Franco-British Exhibition in London, prepared by Charles Thiébaut for the French Ministry of Commerce and Industry, covers lace, embroidery, passementerie and designs in class 84. The pictures are photographs of white lace on black grounds, showing lace panels, a collar, a strip of bobbin-style lace and a sheet of lace motifs, with scrolls, leaves, flowers and fan shapes. A designer could draw on their dense floral scrollwork, openwork mesh and the way each piece is cut into borders, corners and fan forms.
