Knight, Pauline: Filet Lace Patterns

Knight, Pauline: Filet Lace Patterns

£10.75

Knight, Pauline: Filet Lace Patterns

SKU 3065 Category

Description

B T Batsford 1st 1990
M/F 640 gms
(Order reference 3065).

Filet lace, or Lacis, is the traditional use of embroidery and darning stitches on a net ground. Since its full-flowering development in Europe during the Middle Ages there have been times when it was popular in all sections of society as well as periods when the art and craft has been driven underground by swings of fashion.

The background to the modern-day inheritance of design and technique is followed up by instructions on basic methods with worked examples and step-by-step explanations of problems to be encountered and solved.

The main body of the book presents over 80 patterns for the home lacemaker to work and develop, some dating from the Italian Renaissance and pre-Revolutionary France. These are followed by chapters on freehand design techniques and tips on finishing and mounting worked pieces. Pauline Knight also illuminates the variants of Filet — Filet Guipure and Filet Richelieu.

With over 100 photographs, working diagrams and line illustrations — many unpublished and from rare sources — this should be an irresistible book for all those interested in extending their lacemaking repertoire.

169 photographs and line illustrations

 

Additional information

Weight 0.8 kg