Baffled by such terms as alb flounce, bullet-hole net, lappets, winkie pin, and spangles? Curious about the designs and origins of Chantilly, Egyptian, Hardanger, and dozens of other laces? If so, then this book is for you! It's a highly practical dictionary of lace containing over 400 entries that not only provide generally accepted definitions of such lace-related terms as reticella, honiton, guipure, Tuscan filet, duchesse, and inishmacsaint, but also discuss opment of the more controversal forms. By Pat Earnshaw. Paperback, 239 pages.