Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA mechanical door plate It appears as if our

It appears as if our nude might be about to light

and do think they would be truly fabulous for holding an updo in place

with some damage to the surface of the frame at top and bottom edges

and with a hard-working life behind it but many years of use in it yet

sheet metal

Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA mechanical door plate It appears as if ourTons of photos here, as I do like to document things thoroughly. This is a large lot of c. 1940 bobbin lace making patterns, with a few drawings, lace samples, and other notes in the mix. (One handwritten letter references a lace pattern sent to the Emma Sylvester whose lot this was in Feb 1940.) Emma appears to have had a shop on Tremont Street in Boston (selling "beads and bags, embroideries and worsteds") and it seems to me she may have taught