Author: Browne, Clare
Title: Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum
Description: London, V & A Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Black hardcover book with the title in debossed silver text down the spine. There is a pictorial dust jacket, with the title printed in orange and in white both across the front cover and down the spine. The front and back free and pasted end pages are black. Pages: (5), 6-144. Contains one hundred full-color plates, as well as additional detail shots. "Among the many outstanding textile collections in the V&A, hand-made lace is one of the most exquisite. The collection is comprehensive in its coverage of the technique over more than three hundred years, whether the delicate geometric perfection favoured by Elizabethan courtiers, or the bold floral exuberance of the Victorian age. Clare Browne has selected 100 examples across this range of designs and fashions in lace, to demonstrate the variety, skill and beauty lace makers have achieved in their work." "Details have all been specially photographed, and the result is a feast for the eye as well as a survey of exquisite craftsmanship. This book will be additionally valuable as a record of important parts of a collection which by its nature is too fragile to be kept on permanent display, and offers a wide-ranging survey of the art and craft of lace making down the ages. VG+/VG: The book is in excellent condition, with clean pages and tight binding. There is some wear to the edges of the dust jacket.

Keywords: European Art ; Lace ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts


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