Bobbins of Belgium: A book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villagesKellogg, Charlotte
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Bobbins of Belgium: A book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages
Kellogg, Charlotte
Brussels lace committee; Lace and lace making -- Belgium
ABBÉ BERRALY SCHOOL, TURNHOUT 56
General view.
NINE-YEAR CHILDREN MAKING POINT DE PARIS 57
POINT DE PARIS CLASS 64
On dark days lamps are lighted behind bottles
filled with water, the rays passing
through, fall in spotlights on the cushions.
WINDING BOBBINS FOR THE CHILDREN 65
POINT DE LILLE, OR POINT D’HOLLANDE 72
Mesh showing “Esprits” or dots characteristic
of this bobbin lace.
END OF A POINT DE PARIS SCARF ABOUT 2½ YARDS
LONG ON WHICH COLETTE WORKED ONE YEAR 73
IN THE ABBÉ BERRALY SCHOOL, COLETTE, 16-YEARS
OLD, WORKS WITH 1,000 BOBBINS 73
BELGIAN LACE MESHES (Plate I) 80
After Pierre Verhagen in “La Dentelle
Belge.”
BELGIAN LACE MESHES (Plate II) 81
After Pierre Verhagen in “La Dentelle
Belge.”
BOBBIN LACES 88
Malines, Point de Paris, Valenciennes.
CUSHION COVER REPRESENTING BELGIUM’S GRATITUDE
TO AMERICA FOR BREAD 89
Point de Paris lace combined with linen.
The lower right-hand centerpiece shows the
rose design, emblem of Queen Elizabeth.
BOBBIN LACES 104
Torchon, Cluny, Old Flemish, Binche.
TABLE CLOTH SHOWING ARMS OF THE ALLIES 105
Cut linen with squares of Venise surrounded
by filet and cluny; Venise made
with the needle; cluny with bobbins.
A “MARIE ANTOINETTE” IN CHANTILLY LACE 128
Made with bobbins, near Grammont.
CUSHION COVER 129
Center Venise, borders Valenciennes, lace
executed by 12 workers in one month,
embroidery and mounting by four women
in two months; design by M. de Rudder.
TEA CLOTH 129
Point de Paris, cock design.
LACE MAKERS OF BRUGES 144
BRUGES AND SIMILAR BOBBIN LACES 145
LACE NORMAL SCHOOL, BRUGES. BEGINNER’S
CLASS 152
Symbolic color pattern on left-hand easel;
demonstration bobbins attached to colored
threads at right.
BED COVER IN DUCHESSE OR BRUSSELS LACE 153
Made with bobbins; executed in Flanders by
30 women in three months; design by the
Lace Committee.
ROSALINE, WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLES BRUGES 160
DETAILS FOR BRUGES LACE 160
Made with bobbins on round cushion.
DOILY SET IN POINT DE PARIS IN THE “ANIMALS
OF THE ALLIES” DESIGN, EXECUTED AT TURNHOUT 161
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