The Honiton lace book
The Honiton Lace Book, published in London in 1875 under the pseudonym Devonia, is a practical instruction manual for lacemakers of the period. Its engraved plates show finished Honiton-style lace motifs set against black grounds, including a border, leaves, a trefoil and a butterfly, which a designer could adapt for botanical or ornamental pattern work with its looping, open structure and fine stitched edges.
