Charlotte Treadwin’s lace album (album)
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Ellen Herbert compiled an album of lace samples collected by Charlotte Treadwin. Some were antique and some are her own award-winning designs inspired by her collection.
This object is not on display.
The following text is transcribed from pages that precede the samples.
Collection Of specimens of Lace made by Miss Ellen Herbert of The Close, Exeter, and bequeathed to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum by her, in memory of Mrs C. E. Treadwin, 1929.
Page number | Sample number | Description |
---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Flat Venise, made entirely with the needle. |
1 | 2 | Greek Insertion, made entirely with the needle. |
1 | 3 | Greek Insertion but much finer |
1 | 4 | Ditto |
1 | 5 | Tape Guipure, very fine |
1 | 6 | Also Tape Lace but of a very coarse make |
2 | 7 | Pillow Guipure of the 17th Century, with hand made net ground |
2 | 8 | Pillow Guipure, the pattern joined together without ground, 17th Century |
2 | 9 | Fine Guipure, with pearl bars, pillow made |
2 | 10 | Denmark embroidery, the network appearance of the ground is produced by the threads being drawn out. It is now entirely out of date. (make) |
2 | 11 | Valencienne Point, the pattern was evidently first made on the pillow, the ground worked in on the pillow after. |
3 | 12 | An original piece made with the needle. Mrs Treadwin has never seen another like it. It was given to her by a lady from Scotland. |
3 | 13 | Part of a pillow-made Guipure flounce |
3 | 14 | Pillow guipure for garniture lace |
3 | 15 | A curious piece, the pattern is Spanish Point, the ground what is known as Old Honiton now entirely out of date (make) |
3 | 16 | A coarse made Cluny |
4 | 17 | Edgings re-produced for the purpose of repairing Antique lace of different kinds |
4 | 18 | Ditto |
4 | 19 | Ditto |
4 | 20 | Ditto |
4 | 21 | Ditto |
4 | 22 | Ditto |
4 | 23 | Ditto |
4 | 24 | Ditto |
4 | 25 | Ditto |
4 | 26 | Fine hand made Garniture lace, a re-production by Mrs Treadwin |
4 | 27 | Part of a flounce made with machine-made braid and hand-made ground. 1868 |
4 | 28 | A piece of needle-made garniture lace, a reproduction of Guipure |
4 | 29 | A Sampler needle-made showing different stitches used in lace |
4 | 30 | Sardinian Point, made with very fine machine braid called after the visit of the King of Sardinia to England 1855 |
4 | 31 | Ditto |
4 | 32 | This lace is hand made with a fine cord which forms the pattern |
4 | 33 | A Monogram worked in Brussels lace |
5 | 34 | A old Honiton sprog grounded on the pillow, with the real old Honiton ground, now quite out of date [Sample has been removed from the album] |
5 | 35 | A part of an old English lappet |
5 | 36 | Fine Point de Alenḉon |
5 | 37 | Part of a very fine English Lappet 1850 |
5 | 38 | Old Brussels lace – needle made |
5 | 39 | Ditto |
5 | 40 | Very fine Devonshire Trolly lace, pillow made |
6 | 41 | Part of an old Alter Cloth border, pillow-made Guipure |
6 | 42 | The same kind but finer pattern |
6 | 43 | Part of a body of an infant’s robe very cambric, insertion marked with a needle pattern, doves, hearts and crown |
6 | 44 | Tape Guipure |
7 | 45 | Old Greek Insertion |
7 | 46 | Real old Macrame lace |
7 | 47 | Greek insertion, partly burnt |
7 | 48 | Real old Macrame lace |
7 | 49 | A piece of Cut Work, worked on the linen with a needle |
7 | 50 | A piece of Greek insertion made with cotton, not thread |
7 | 51 | Work unfinished |
7 | 52 | A piece of Cut Work |
7 | 53 | Work unfinished |
8 | 54 | A piece of darned netting, the ground first netted and pattern darned in |
8 | 55 | A piece of Greek insertion given to Mrs Treadwin with 56 & 57 to be preserved as they were made from the great fire in the Pantechnicon |
8 | 56 | A piece of coarse Venice in relief |
9 | 57 | A piece of Cluny insertion |
9 | 58 | A piece of Cluny insertion |
9 | 59 | A piece of pillow Guipure flouncing |
10 | 60 | Needle made flat Venice |
10 | 61 | A small bit of fine Venice in relief |
10 | 62 | A border Venice in relief |
10 | 63 | An English made coarse Venice sprig 1855 |
10 | 64 | A small square Maltese lace |
10 | 65 | A piece of very fine and beautiful pillow Guipure |
11 | 66 | Spanish Point Sprig |
11 | 67 | Ditto |
11 | 68 | Ditto |
11 | 69 | A small piece of Rose Point |
11 | 70 | Antique Spanish sprigs |
11 | 71 | Ditto |
11 | 72 | Ditto |
11 | 73 | Ditto |
11 | 74 | Ditto |
11 | 75 | Ditto |
11 | 76 | Ditto |
11 | 77 | Ditto |
11 | 78 | Ditto |
11 | 79 | Ditto |
11 | 80 | Ditto |
11 | 81 | Ditto |
11 | 82 | Ditto |
11 | 83 | Ditto |
11 | 84 | Ditto |
11 | 85 | Ditto |
11 | 86 | Ditto |
11 | 87 | Ditto |
11 | 88 | Ditto |
11 | 89 | Ditto |
11 | 90 | Fine Venice in relief made in 1882 by Mrs Treadwin |
11 | 91 | Ditto |
12 | 92 | A square of Honiton lace which lined a box sent to the Prince Imperial 1855; it has the French Bee worked in each corner. In the centre is a much older Honiton sprig known in the trade as Napoleon’s Hand, from being made in the time of the 1st Napoleon. |
12 | 93 | Three Honiton sprigs made expressly to form a wreath for the front of Baby’s cape. |
12 | 94 | Rose, Shamrock and thistle made in 1836 |
12 | 95 | A fine Honiton border known in the trade as the bird’s nest |
12 | 96 | A common Honiton pattern generally known as the carnation border. |
12 | 97 | A very fine Honiton sprig; every leaf raised which it would be very difficult to get a workwoman to do in these days. |
12 | 98 | A very fine sprig made before 1830 |
12 | 99 | An old Honiton sprig known as a Bullock’s heart, much used for wedding veils and flounces in 1840 |
12 | 100 | Known in the trade as the Cherry Bud border |
12 | 101 | A Dove with olive branch in the mouth, certainly designed before the foundation of the Art School. |
12 | 102 | Missing |
12 | 103 | Known as the Strawberry |
12 | 104 | Honiton border called Shell pattern |
12 | 105 | Honiton basket border |
13 | 106 | A real old piece of Antique border |
13 | 107 | A piece of fine Tape Guipure, needle made given to Mrs Treadwin as a specimen |
13 | 108 | A piece of Vandyke lace patented by Mrs Treadwin in 1866 |
14 | 109 | A Piece of common applique Honiton lace made about 1856 |
14 | 110 | Ditto but finer |
14 | 111 | Ditto but finer |
14 | 112 | All made expressly for baby’s caps |
14 | 113 | Ditto |
14 | 114 | Ditto |
14 | 115 | Ditto |
14 | 116 | This is a very old pattern known in the trade as Brunswick |
14 | 117 | All made expressly for baby’s caps |
14 | 118 | Ditto |
14 | 119 | Ditto |
14 | 120 | Three bow scallop edge |
14 | 121 | Beetle Head sprigs and pear border |
14 | 122 | A straight three bow edge, cheaper kind |
14 | 123 | A very old pattern which was used for veils and capes, very fine work |
15 | 124 | Fine Greek insertion |
15 | 125 | Part of a bed quilt, the large squares are netting darned and small squares are Greek |
15 | 126 | Greek squares but different quality |
15 | 127 | Ditto |
15 | 128 | A Greek star |
16 | 129 | Fine Honiton sprigs worked with different grounds which was done as an experiment to see which would have the best effect and take the shortest time. |
16 | 130 | Ditto |
16 | 131 | A copy from some French ace made by the niece of the late Mrs Porter of Winslade. It is curious but certainly not pretty. It is all made on the pillow |
16 | 132 | A pattern of Honiton made in 1851, a period when the Vandyke Scallop edge was much in fashion. |
16 | 133 | A part of a Honiton border made in 1852 from a design bought at Nottingham. |
17 | 134 | A piece of Guipure lace pillow-made grounded also on the pillow but note this ground can be equally made with the needle. |
17 | 135 | Madeira pillow lace |
17 | 136 | A piece of pillow made garniture, a very fine and pretty pattern |
17 | 137 | A piece of flat Venice |
17 | 138 | A very coarse pillow-made Flanders lace |
18 | 139 | A piece of real Brussels lace both as to pattern and ground |
18 | 140 | A fine Point de Alencon, a very beautiful pattern |
18 | 141 | Needle-made corded lace |
18 | 142 | Point de France, pillow made 17th Century. This is very curious when closely examined. |
18 | 143 | A piece of English lace with real ground. 17th Century |
18 | 144 | Very Antique Valencienne |
18 | 145 | Ditto |
18 | 146 | Binche lace |
18 | 147 | A piece of English lace with real old Honiton ground |
19 | 148 | A piece of real Chantilly, this kind was much worked for large veils, about 1820. A very large square would cost about £40 |
19 | 149 | A French pillow made lace by many ladies called Chantilly but most made in Belgium |
19 | 150 | A piece of black lace made in Germany but never considered very beautiful |
19 | 151 | Ditto |
19 | 152 | The most ancient piece of black lace Mrs Treadwin has ever met with, she has made many enquiries of manufacturers who assure her it was made on the stocking-loom before net was made by machine, she has never seen a piece except it was very old (152 was not on page when book was examined March 23rd ’54. S.G. Rowley- written in pencil) |
20 | 153 | This piece was part of the border of the flounce which was made for the Great Exhibition of 1851 for which a Prize medal was awarded. The reader will perceive that all this pattern is double raised, thus taking much time without an equivalent effect. |
20 | 154 | Part of a very fine wedding veil made for Mrs Dart, Ringwood, Hampshire [Treadwin] |
20 | 155 | Sprigs used for a half shawl which gained the Prize in the French Exhibition 1867 [Treadwin] |
20 | 156 | A leaf of the same flounce, the entire flounce was afterwards burnt in the Pantechnicon [Treadwin] |
20 | 157 | Sprigs used for a half shawl which gained the Prize in the French Exhibition 1867 [Treadwin] |
20 | 158 | Ditto |
20 | 159 | A sunflower which formed part of a bertha made to match the Exhibition flounce and burnt with it [Treadwin] |
20 | 160 | Formed part of the parasol cover which was made for the London Exhibition of 1862, it was afterwards sold to the Princess of Wales. [Treadwin] |
20 | 161 | Ditto |
20 | 162 | A very fine Honiton sprig part of a flounce made for Mrs Thornton, West Streatham ?? [Treadwin] |
20 | 163 | A very fine sprig, copied from antique which formed part of a lappet [Treadwin] |
20 | 164 | Sprigs used for a half shawl which gained the Prize in the French Exhibition 1867 [Treadwin] |
20 | 165 | A very fine Honiton border used entirely for chalice veils [Treadwin] |
20 | 166 | A cross used for the Church [Treadwin] |
20 | 167 | Sprigs used for a half shawl which gained the Prize in the French Exhibition 1867 [Treadwin] |
20 | 168 | A part of the border of the lappet given to the Exeter Museum and engraved in Mrs Palliser’s book and gained the prize at the Cornwall Polytechnic Exhibition 1852 [Treadwin] |
20 | 169 | A leaf of a large water lily, with different grounds to try the effect only. [Treadwin] |
20 | 170 | A spray which formed part of the fichu made for the Queen in 1861 [Treadwin] |
20 | 171 | Part of the border of a lapper sent to the French Exhibition in 1855 which gained the Medal [Treadwin] |
20 | 172 | Ditto |
20 | 173 | A cross of very fine quality made for Chalice veils to be inserted in the cambric [Treadwin] |
20 | 174 | Part of the border of a lapper sent to the French Exhibition in 1855 which gained the Medal [Treadwin] |
20 | 175 | Ditto |
20 | 176 | Ditto |
21 | 177 | An old embroidered handkerchief given to Mrs Treadwin by the late Mrs Carew, it belonging to her grandmother and was worked probably about 1720 (This not in place when album received. E.H.A.) |
21 | 178 | A very curious and beautiful piece of embroidery, which formed the cuff of an Alb. |
21 | 179 | A piece of antique embroidery |
22 | 180 | A very fine and well worked Cluny |
22 | 181 | Maltese |
22 | 182 | Ditto |
22 | 183 | Ditto |
22 | 184 | Ditto |
22 | 185 | Ditto |
22 | 186 | Ditto |
22 | 187 | Ditto |
22 | 188 | Ditto |
22 | 189 | Fine Maltese |
22 | 190 | Ditto |
22 | 191 | Ditto |
23 | 192 | Fine pillow-made Venice |
23 | 193 | Needle-made flat Venice |
23 | 194 | Needle-made Venice in relief |
23 | 195 | Pillow -made Venice |
23 | 196 | Fine needle-made Venice |
23 | 197 | Ditto |
23 | 198 | Ditto |
23 | 199 | Fine Buckinghamshire insertion |
24 | 200 | Fine old Valencienne |
24 | 201 | Ditto |
24 | 202 | Fine old Devonshire |
24 | 203 | Ditto |
24 | 204 | Ditto |
24 | 205 | Ditto |
24 | 206 | Part of an old Flanders flounce |
25 | 207 | All very old real Point d’Alencon |
25 | 208 | Ditto |
25 | 209 | Ditto |
25 | 210 | Ditto |
25 | 211 | Ditto |
25 | 212 | Ditto |
25 | 213 | Ditto |
25 | 214 | Ditto |
25 | 215 | Ditto |
25 | 216 | Ditto |
25 | 217 | Ditto |
25 | 218 | Ditto |
25 | 219 | Ditto |
25 | 220 | |
26 | 220 | All old Devonshire now almost entirely out of make |
26 | 221 | Ditto |
26 | 222 | Ditto |
26 | 223 | Ditto |
26 | 224 | Ditto |
26 | 225 | Ditto |
27 | 226 | A very fine piece of Maltese insertion |
27 | 227 | Squares and rounds of Greek lace, all made with the needle |
27 | 228 | Ditto |
27 | 229 | Ditto |
27 | 230 | Ditto |
27 | 231 | Ditto |
27 | 232 | Ditto |
27 | 233 | Ditto |
27 | 234 | Ditto |
27 | 235 | Ditto |
27 | 236 | Ditto |
27 | 237 | Ditto |
27 | 238 | Pillow made Maltese, a very uncommon pattern |
27 | 239 | Squares and rounds of Greek lace, all made with the needle |
27 | 240 | Ditto |
27 | 241 | Ditto |
28 | 242 | A very curious piece of cutwork, with ornament of Greek needle made |
29 | 243 | Piece of Mechlin |
29 | 244 | Piece of Mechlin |
29 | 245 | All real Valencienne lace |
29 | 246 | Ditto |
29 | 247 | Ditto |
29 | 248 | Ditto |
29 | 249 | Ditto |
29 | 250 | Ditto |
29 | 251 | Ditto |
29 | 252 | All real Valencienne |
29 | 253 | Ditto |
30 | 254 | Real Brussels applique on machine made net |
30 | 255 | An uncommon piece of lace, the border is made entirely on the pillow, the upper part is made by machine and invisibly joined to that made on the pillow. The dots ornamenting the ground are worked in with a needle, thus three processes are used to produce this effect |
30 | 256 | Burano Point often mistaken for Point de Alencon |
30 | 257 | A piece of coarse Point de Alencon made at Mrs Treadwins at 1859 |
31 | 258 | A piece of pillow lace probably made in a convent after the style of Guipure |
31 | 259 | All pillow Guipure lace but worked in with what is commonly known as round O ground |
31 | 260 | Ditto |
31 | 261 | Ditto |
31 | 262 | Ditto |
32 | 263 | All Devonshire lace made at Woodbury as late as 1840 (Mrs Treadwin in pencil) |
32 | 264 | Ditto |
32 | 265 | Ditto |
32 | 266 | Ditto |
32 | 267 | Ditto |
32 | 268 | Ditto |
32 | 269 | Ditto |
32 | 270 | Ditto |
32 | 271 | Point d’Argentan |
32 | 272 | A piece of pillow made Buckinghamshire lace |
33 | 273 | A fine Greek insertion |
33 | 274 | A Van Dyke Point patented by Mrs Treadwin Pillow made |
33 | 275 | Garniture lace. Greek pattern needle made |
33 | 276 | English made needle lace |
33 | 277 | Garniture lace. Greek pattern needle made |
34 | 278 | All real Mechlin |
34 | 279 | Ditto |
34 | 280 | All real Valencienne |
34 | 281 | Ditto |
34 | 282 | Ditto |
34 | 283 | A piece of fine Point d’Alencon |
34 | 284 | Real Mechlin |
35 | 285 | All Devonshire lace of the 17th Century |
35 | 286 | Ditto |
35 | 287 | Ditto |
35 | 288 | Ditto |
35 | 289 | Ditto |
35 | 290 | Ditto |
35 | 291 | Ditto |
35 | 292 | Ditto |
35 | 293 | Ditto |
36 | 294 | A piece of very fine flat Venice |
36 | 295 | Fine Point d’Alencon sprigs worked with a needle worked ground, much more open than usual |
36 | 296 | All pillow Guipure, different qualities |
36 | 297 | Ditto |
36 | 298 | Ditto |
36 | 299 | A piece of very fine Rose Point in very high relief, the fringe most beautiful |
36 | 300 | A piece of fine Venice pillow-made |
36 | 301 | Fine Point d’Alencon |
36 | 302 | A bird worked in Mechlin, a very uncommon thing |
37 | 303 | Very fine pillow Guipure |
37 | 304 | A coarse Venice in relief |
37 | 305 | A piece of Greek edging |
37 | 306 | Tape Guipure, worked with the needle |
37 | 307 | Ditto |
37 | 308 | Ditto |
37 | 309 | Tape Guipure, worked on the pillow |
37 | 310 | Tape Guipure in high relief |
37 | 311 | Tape Guipure, needle made |
37 | 312 | Ditto |
37 | 313 | Ditto |
38 | 314 | All raised Spanish Point |
38 | 315 | Ditto |
38 | 316 | Ditto |
38 | 317 | Ditto |
38 | 318 | Ditto |
39 | 319 | A Binche lace |
39 | 320 | Flanders lace, part of a flounce |
39 | 321 | A very fine Binche lace |
39 | 322 | A piece of old Flanders |
39 | 323 | An old Brussels cuff made by Mrs Treadwin |
39 | 324 | A piece of old Devonshire lace made to join to machine made net |
39 | 325 | A fine old Point d’Alencon sprig |
40 | 326 | Vandyke Point scallop |
40 | 327 | A fine edging of antique lace |
40 | 328 | Vandyke Point copied from Mrs Pallisers book, page 120 |
40 | 329 | All fine Cluny |
40 | 330 | Ditto |
40 | 331 | Ditto |
40 | 332 | A piece of very fine Greek |
41 | 333 | A very curious piece of Greek lace containing figures on the attitude of dancing |
41 | 334 | Vandyke Point, copy of the design from Lady Doddridge’s Monument in Exeter Cathedral, 1614. |
The following pieces were not entered into the index and have been identified by Carol Mc Fadzean | ||
42 | 335 | Pair of Honiton lace cuffs – 20th Century |
42 | 336 | Pair of Honiton lace cuffs – 20th Century |
42 | 337 | Ditto |
42 | 338 | Ditto |
42 | 339 | Ditto |
42 | 340 | Ditto |
42 | 341 | Ditto |
42 | 342 | Ditto |
42 | 343 | Ditto |
42 | 344 | Honiton lace sprig – bowl and leaf sprays |
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