Chats on old lace and needlework
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework is a 1908 London guide by Emily Leigh Lowes, published by T. Fisher Unwin for collectors and amateur students of lace and needlework. Its plates photograph individual lace samples, including Old Honiton, Brussels and Venetian point pieces, against dark backgrounds. A designer could take from them the dense, looping floral scrollwork and the contrast between white thread motifs and open mesh grounds.
