Guide to Lace and Linens

By Elizabeth M. Kurella

This book offers a process that will allow anyone with a good eye and a magnifying glass to determine what kind of lace they have, and its current value. Large, detailed photographs accompany... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930625897
• ISBN13: 9780930625894
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Antique Trader Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Photos and Information

As a valuable addition to any lace collector or lace historian's library, this book fits right inbetween Earnshaw's Lace Identification and Elizabeth's smaller simpler volume "A Pocket Guide to Lace and Linens."The macro photographs of each lace are clear and sharp making it possible to count the number of twists in a particular stitch and identify exactly which features are the identifiable characteristic of each lace. Elizabeth's valuation system for the monetary value and collectability of each type of lace is informative and well reasoned.For the would be collector, this book along with Earnshaw's are the ones to have at home while the pocket guide is the one to take with you to the flea markets and antique fairs. Not only will you be able to knowledgably indentify what you have, but you will be able to discern how difficult the stitches and techniques are, when and where the lace was probably made and its relative value on today's market.

The very best Lace identification book I've found!

This book has one or more pages describing each type of lace. The varieties are extensive. It is so clear and easy to understand what makes each lace unique. The first book I reccomend for those wanting to know about lace!!