The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company of Augusta, Maine produced many inexpensive magazines on poor quality paper beginning in the late 1800's. One of these was Hearth and Home. The issue I have has 2 pages of rather nice needlework patterns, 4 fiction stories, and lots and lot of advertisements.
Here is the tatting pattern, by Mrs. Anna Knight of Hudson, Michigan. Originally it was spread across 3 columns on 2 pages, but I have cropped and pasted it into a single image, click to enlarge.
One of the ads was for Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. You could also order remedies for almost any ailment, books, dishes, watches, dolls, flower bulbs, a bicycle, or an an automatic revolver.
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That’s a lovely pattern, Martha. Thanks for posting this.
ReplyDeletePretty tatting pattern! What is your favorite way to create tips or points without using a three-ring clover?
ReplyDeleteI thought about it, and I don't think I have a favorite way, just whatever works for the piece I'm designing.
DeleteGood that the designer’s name is included.
ReplyDeleteThe ads are almost as interesting as the patterns!
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