Practical Lace Making Booklet; Torchon Lace Co.; ca. 1904
date: label: date made
content: 1904
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content: 1904
name: label: Author
content: Lewis, Sylvester G.
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content: Torchon Lace Company
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content: Practical Lace Making (Illustrated). Torchon Lace Company, Saint Louis, Missouri. Copyrighted 1904. All rights reserved. Fifth Edition. Price Ten cents. Booklet with history of lace making, translated with some errors from Sara Rasmussen KNIPLING from 1884. Also the history of the Torchon Lace Company and images of laces that can be made on the Princess Lace Loom (2016.0048.01). Most of these images are direct copies from Rasmussen, KNIPLING, including the "fig." number. Dark burgundy "alligator" skin textured thin cardboard with gold embossed script on front and back covers. 32 pages
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place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
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content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Lace Making
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content: Printing
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content: Books
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content: Mail Order
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content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Advertising
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jean Scorgie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0048.04
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content: 2016.0048.04
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content: 2016.0048
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content: booklet, lace instruction
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 mm x 10.16 cm x 15.4 cm; 3/32 in x 4 in x 6 1/16 in