Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA treen ink bottle the black silhouette is under

the black silhouette is under glass

and I believe made of boxwood

This one just struck me as quite poignant: two boys of about 14 I'd guess

poised looking girl in a lovely calico dress

making it also feel like a cash drawer

Large Lot of C. 1940 Lacemaking Patterns, Sketches and Samples, Boston MA treen ink bottle the black silhouette is underTons 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