File:Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and (14596771988).jpg
DescriptionDecorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and (14596771988).jpg
Text Appearing Before Image: at Ford-ham, in New York City, in 1885. VARIETIES OF LACE CURTAINS The principal varieties of lace curtains are: (1) French Lace Curtains.—A general name for thosemade with real lace mounted on machine net, or on silk, or on scrim,as well as for the few that are made entirely of real lace. (2) Nottingham Lace Curtains.—A general name for thosewoven in one piece on the lace curtain machine, usually with anembroidered buttonhole edging added after weaving and sometimeswith an applique cord, as in the once popular corded arabians. (3) Swiss Lace Curtains.—A general name for those madeby embroidering designs with the bonnaz sewing machine on machinenet. The principal varieties are tambour, brussels, applique and irishpoint. The tambours are so called from the embroidery frame thatformerly held the net while the embroidery was put in by hand withthe crochet hook. The brussels have the field of figures filled in withbonnaz stitch of finer yarn (Plate III). The appliques have thin 101 Text Appearing After Image: H « °> o Pi
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