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This page will eventually carry the complete library holdings available to the members of the Keystone Lace Guild. A paper copy should be available at all Lace Cottages.

Book Review:
Raffel, Marta Cotterell. The Laces of Ipswich; the art and economics of an early American industry. University Press of New England, 2003.

In the late eighteenth century, Ipswich, Massachusetts had 600 lace makers in a town of 601 households. Using a scholarly approach to the industry of lace making, the author places the Ipswich industry within the wider context of eighteenth century manufacture, economics and culture. The book includes six sample patterns with pricking and instructions.