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Bobbins of Belgium / A book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages

Chapter 1: BOBBINS OF BELGIUM
By Charlotte Kellogg
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A detailed account of Belgian lace-making traditions, focusing on bobbin and needle techniques, regional styles, and the people, schools, and villages that sustained the craft. The author surveys historical development and practical instruction, profiles specific centers of production, documents wartime efforts to preserve and revive the industry under royal and civic committees, and describes design, teaching, and economic conditions. Illustrated plates and an appendix provide technical examples, patterns, and classroom practices, while chapters on individual towns record local variations and institutional responses to modernization and postwar recovery.

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Title: Bobbins of Belgium

Author: Charlotte Kellogg

Release date: September 11, 2019 [eBook #60275]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Notes

A few words in relation to era/dialect have been retained e.g. tho, possest, stopt, dropt, slipt, distrest.

The frontispiece spelling of the Queen of Belgium is Elisabeth, as shown in the photo with her signature. Throughout the main text however, it has been spelt Queen Elizabeth. These spellings have been left as printed.

In the Appendix, where there are two or more illustrations per page, the words (Top), (Middle), (Bottom) have been used, to indicate the link with the text and illustration.

p.292: changed 4 to _d_

Printer errors have silently been corrected.

H.M. QUEEN ELISABETH OF BELGIUM