Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.
Contents:
I. Lace-makers and designers and their patrons. -- II. Early lace: the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. -- III. Mid and late seventeenth century: the richness of the Baroque. -- IV. The eighteenth century: Baroque to Rococo, and the Classical Revival. -- V. The nineteenth century: hand-made lace in the machine age. -- Appendix: collecting and care of lace.
Subject Terms:
Lace and lace making -- History. | Lace and lace making.