Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA wooden model house just below the knight

just below the knight

but she is most definitely old

letters of the same type

but I'd be content just to find a good spot to set it or prop it to admire

I've found a few 19th and early 20th c

Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA wooden model house just below the knightTons 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