Charlotte Treadwin’s lace album (album)

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.

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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 17^th Century, with hand made net ground
2	8	Pillow Guipure, the pattern joined together without ground, 17^th 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 It is now entirely out of date.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3	15	A curious piece, the pattern is Spanish Point, the ground what is known as Old Honiton now entirely out of date (make)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5	34	A old Honiton sprog grounded on the pillow, with the real old Honiton ground, now quite out of date [Sample has been removed from the album]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 1^st 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 17^th Century. This is very curious when closely examined.
18	143	A piece of English lace with real ground. 17^th 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 23^rd ’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 – 20^th Century
42	336	Pair of Honiton lace cuffs – 20^th 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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