Lace-Making in the Midlands: Past and Present

Excerpt from Lace-Making in the Midlands: Past and PresentThe history of lace-making is the history of an art. A piece of lace is an artistic composi tion expressed in twisted thread, just as a piece Of wood-carving is the expression Of the artist's idea in chiselled wood. Lace is not, like em broidery, an ornamented fabric; it is itself ornament. It is not the application Of art to a craft; the whole pattern is the fabric, and the fabric is the pattern. It is this peculiarity that distinguishes lace from needlework and from woven-work. I.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.