The Lace Samples from Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1789-1790: History, Patterns, and Working Diagrams for 22 Lace Samples Preserved at the Library...
- ISBN-10
- 0999038508
- ISBN-13
- 9780999038505
- Category
- Lace and lace making
- Pages
- 74
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-25
- Author
- Karen H. Thompson
Description
Samples of lace made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, were obtained in the course of the first U.S. Census, in 1789, and stored among the papers of Alexander Hamilton, who had been charged with taking the census as Secretary of the Treasury. The book details the history of lace making in Ipswich and shows pictures of the samples along with color coded guides and patterns for making them.
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