Description:
Notice: Real lace samples, not pictures. Real lace made in Chefoo, China in 1800s. The manufacturer was JOHN H. CLARKE who was in China in 1800s.about 266 real lace samples as shown, several of them missing.
Some words on the cover are faded, but still can be recognized, they are as following:
Hand-made Torchon lace
sample book---------manufactured by JOHN H. CLARKE
Chefoo, N. China---------
exporters, importers and manufacturers of ****** *** Hand-Made laces,lacegoods, hair nets,embroideryto all Designs and sizes of very best quality,Strawbraids etc.****** address Chefoo