Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book]
A 1922 trade sample book issued by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited of Melbourne, Australia, showing hand-made Chinese lace for buyers in the wholesale trade. Its pages are blue-green mounts with cream lace strips, each strip labelled with a catalogue number printed in black above it. A designer could take from these strips a ready range of repeating floral rosettes, scalloped edges and open mesh grounds for border patterns.
![Picture 1 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 2](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-2-0.webp)
![Picture 2 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-4-0.webp)
![Picture 3 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-6-0.webp)
![Picture 4 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 8](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-8-0.webp)
![Picture 5 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-11-0.webp)
![Picture 6 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-13-0.webp)
![Picture 7 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-15-0.webp)
![Picture 8 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 17](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-17-0.webp)
![Picture 9 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 21](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-21-0.webp)
![Picture 10 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 23](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-23-0.webp)
![Picture 11 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 25](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-25-0.webp)
![Picture 12 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 27](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-27-0.webp)
![Picture 13 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 29](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-29-0.webp)
![Picture 14 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 32](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-32-0.webp)
![Picture 15 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 35](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-35-0.webp)
![Picture 16 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 37](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-37-0.webp)
![Picture 17 of 17 from Lace (Chinese, Hand-made) / Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Limited, Melbourne, Australia [sample book] (1922), leaf 39](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-Kaisha47695-39-0.webp)