Bobbins of Belgium - a Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-workers, Lace-schools and Lace-villages

BOBBINS OF BELGIUM- A BOOK OF BELGIAN LACE, LACE WORKERS, LACE-SCHOOLS AND LACE-VILLAGES by CHARLOTTE KELLOGG. Contents include: CHAPTER PAGE Preface 15 Introduction 25 I. Turnhout 49 II. Courtrai 79 III. Thourout-Thielt-Wynghene ... 97 IV. Grammont 127 V. Bruges 143 VI. Kerxken 169 VII. Erembodeghem 189 VIII. Opbrakel 201 IX. Liedekerke 215 X. Herzele 231 XI. Ghent 247 XII. Zele 265 XIII. Appendix 275 Index 307 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING ? AGB H. M. QUEEN ELIZABETH OP BELGIUM, Frontispiece FIFTEENTH CENTURY PORTRAIT .... 32 Showing heavy brocade as yet unrelieved by linen or lace trimming. PORTRAIT OF CHARLES IX ( 1570) .... 33 Linen collar showing picot edge made with the needle. PORTRAIT TOWARDS END OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY-40 Showing collar ornamented with bobbin made cluny. ANNE OF AUSTRIA BY VAN DYCK .... 41 About 1635, cluny lace made with bobbins. ABBE BERRALY SCHOOL, TURNHOUT ... 56 General view. NINE-YEAR CHILDREN MAKING POINT DE PARIS . 57 POINT DE PARIS CLASS 64 On dark days