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Bobbin Lace: Greek Threadwork
Contributor(s): Ioannou-Yannara, Tatiana (Author)
ISBN: 9602040017     ISBN-13: 9789602040010
Publisher: Melissa Publishing House
OUR PRICE:   $28.50  
Product Type: Hardcover
Language: Greek, Modern (after 1453)
Published: December 1999
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
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BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Needlework - Lace & Tatting
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.6" W x 8.7" (2.07 lbs) 206 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The author leads the reader to the very beginning of the craft of Bobbin Lace in ancient Greece and in the broader Greek world. She describes how it developed and its migration to Italy and Europe after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.She then goes on to explain its history in Europe and its return to its birthplace with the nuns who settled in Catholic convents in Greece.