Lace-Making in the Midlands

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Excerpt from Lace-Making in the Midlands: Past and Present The 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.