Clare Browne has selected examples across the full range of designs and fashions, to demonstrate the skill and variety lace-makers have achieved in their work. She explores the history of lace-making from its origins in the late fifteenth century, showing how patterns and techniques developed to serve the fashions of the day. Lace-makers became more adventurous as technical developments in needle and bobbin lace opened up new possibilities, while later sophistication in design brought astonishing naturalistic effects, ...
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Clare Browne has selected examples across the full range of designs and fashions, to demonstrate the skill and variety lace-makers have achieved in their work. She explores the history of lace-making from its origins in the late fifteenth century, showing how patterns and techniques developed to serve the fashions of the day. Lace-makers became more adventurous as technical developments in needle and bobbin lace opened up new possibilities, while later sophistication in design brought astonishing naturalistic effects, particularly in the depiction of flowers and plants. Specially photographed details provide a feast for the eye as well as a survey of exquisite craftsmanship. This book will be additionally valuable as a record of important parts of a collection which by its nature is too fragile to be displayed. It also offers a wide-ranging survey of the art and craft of lace-making down the ages that will appeal to needlework enthusiasts, designers, students and all those interested in historical fashion.
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Add this copy of Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum to cart. $73.50, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by V & A Publications.
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VG+/VG: The book is in excellent condition, with clean pages and tight binding. There is some wear to the edges of the dust jacket. Black hardcover book with the title in debossed silver text down the spine. There is a pictorial dust jacket, with the title printed in orange and in white both across the front cover and down the spine. The front and back free and pasted end pages are black. Pages: (5), 6-144. Contains one hundred full-color plates, as well as additional detail shots. "Among the many outstanding textile collections in the V&A, hand-made lace is one of the most exquisite. The collection is comprehensive in its coverage of the technique over more than three hundred years, whether the delicate geometric perfection favoured by Elizabethan courtiers, or the bold floral exuberance of the Victorian age. Clare Browne has selected 100 examples across this range of designs and fashions in lace, to demonstrate the variety, skill and beauty lace makers have achieved in their work." "Details have all been specially photographed, and the result is a feast for the eye as well as a survey of exquisite craftsmanship. This book will be additionally valuable as a record of important parts of a collection which by its nature is too fragile to be kept on permanent display, and offers a wide-ranging survey of the art and craft of lace making down the ages."
Add this copy of Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum to cart. $74.00, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Victoria & Albert Pubns.
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Add this copy of Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum to cart. $80.00, very good condition, Sold by Hennessey + Ingalls rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Victoria & Albert Museum.
Add this copy of Lace From the Victoria and Albert Museum to cart. $105.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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VG (Ex-library, with few markings and spine label, pages are tanning at top margin with no damage to plates, dj shows slight wear, otherwise top notch. ) Black cloth, black & decorated dust jacket, 144 pp., 84 BW & 16 color plates, 7 color illus. Photography by Christine Smith. A 12-page historical overview is followed by the 100 plate samples.
Add this copy of Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum to cart. $136.40, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Victoria & Albert Pubns.
