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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Applique, or Application
- Bead Work
- Braiding
- Button-Hole Stitches
- Bobbin Work
- Broderie Anglaise
- Broderie En Lacet
- Berlin, or Canvas Work
- Canvas Lace Work
- Chenille Work
- Chain-Stitch
- Cloth-Work
- Cottons
- Cords
- Crochet
- Embroidery
- Fancy Flowers
- Fringes
- Guipure Work
- Herring-Bone
- Hem-Stitch
- Honiton Lace in Crochet
- Knitting
- Knotting
- Lace-work
- Muslin Work
- Marking in Embroidery, Ink, and Colored Cotton
- Netting
- Needles
- Patchwork
- Point Lace
- Perforated Card-Board
- Portfolios
- Pictures with Leaves
- Pine Cones
- Penwipers
- Point or Checked Paper
- Passementerie
- Potichomanie
- Quilting
- Rings
- Scale Embroidery
- Shades for Lamps
- Silks
- Tapestry
- Tatting or Frivolite
- Tape Work
- Transferring
- Tissue Paper
- Velvet Balls
- Wire Work
- Wheels
- Worsted Work
- Conclusion
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Title: The Ladies' Hand Book of Fancy and Ornamental Work
Author/Designer: Miss Florence Hartley
Format/Publication Date: HC:1859
Publisher: John E Potter & Company, PA
Language: English
Page Count: 240(my original reference said there should be 256 pages, but my copy only has 240 and appears to be complete)
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 8" x 6 3/4"
ISBN: None
SUMMARY- The Table of Contents actually ran 6 pages - I've given you only the categories that are covered and didn't type in all the many patterns listed as well. In Miss Hartley's Preface, she acknowledges her indebtedness to Miss Lambert's "Guide" and to Mrs Pullan's excellent "Lady's Manual of Fancy Work." She also pulled material from "several anonymous English, French and German works..." She refers to herself as a compiler, rather than the author or designer, but does say that her own experience and practice has enabled her to suply a large amount of original information. I found this book quite fascinating, and ended up reading many different entries. She put emphasis on providing "real practical utility" and I think she met her goal in context of the year this was published. I find myself liking the book and liking the compiler. I've put this on the "TO DO" list of books I need to check and see if the Antique Pattern Library needs a copy and the Archives. I'll make a pdf available when I can. The tatting section is only five pages, but it's an interesting five pages if you are interested in where tatting patterns were in sophistication at that time. She didn't do a bad job of straddling the divide between the primitive and modern.
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