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Coach lace for passenger vehicles

Title
Coach lace for passenger vehicles / Susan Green.
Author
Green, Susan, 1951-
Publication
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania : Susan Green, 2009.

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Description
550 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
The most comprehensive book on the subject of a woven textile trim known as coach lace used for trimming around the upholstery of horse-drawn vehicles, early automobiles, and early trains. Includes a chapter on weaving it starting in 1871 to the present weaving of coach lace. A history of the following 19th century companies is included: Wilson Marsh, Quincy, Massachusetts; Clinton Co., Lancaster & Clinton, Massachusetts; B. K. Mills later Bridgeport Coach Lace, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Laban Pardee, New Haven, Connecticut; Dean Walker, Medway, Massachusetts; William Boston, New York City; Schaefer and Schlegel, Rochester, New York; Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Company, Rochester, New York; William H. Horstmann Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is a comprehensive list of 18th and 19th century manufacturers and anything that is known about for both American and Great Britian. The book is profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs of coach lace and how it was used on upholstery. Includes several 1000 illustrations.
Subject
  • Lace craft
  • Lace craft > Pictorial works
  • Lace and lace making > United States > History
  • Carriages and carts > Decoration > History
  • Antique and classic cars > Decoration > History
  • Railroad passenger cars > Decoration > History
  • Lace and lace making
  • Carriages and carts
  • Antique and classic cars
  • Railroad passenger cars
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Weaving and dyeing coach lace -- Chronology of design & use of coach lace for horse-drawn vehicles -- Use of coach lace on automobiles -- Use of coach lace on railroad passenger cars -- B.K. Mills and Bridgeport Coach Lace Company -- Laban & Charles Pardee, New Haven, Connecticut -- Clinton Manufacturing Company -- Dean Walker, Medway, Massachussetts -- Wilson Marsh, Quincy, Massachussetts -- William Boston & New York Coach Lace Company -- Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Company, Rochester, New York -- William H. Horstmann, Philadephia, Pennsylvania -- Manufacturers of coach lace -- Selling agents -- Scap book pages -- Index -- Appendix.
Call Number
JFF 23-655
OCLC
1395917747
Author
Green, Susan, 1951- author.
Title
Coach lace for passenger vehicles / Susan Green.
Publisher
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania : Susan Green, 2009.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 23-655
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