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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- (12)Edgings
- Octagon Crocheted Bedspread(tiling motif)
- "Kitten's Ear" Knitted Bed Spread(sq. tiling motif)
- The Three Cherubs Chair Set(filet)
- The Deer Chair Set(filet)
- Antimacassar in Filet Crochet(flower vase)
- Antimacassar in Filet Crochet(stemmed daisies)
- Diamond Chair Set
- Rooster Chair Set(filet)
- Teeter Totter Chair Set(filet)
- Flower Medallion Chair Set(tiling motif)
- Rose Chair Set(filet)
- Bird Chair Set(filet)
- Butterfly Chair Set(filet)
- Fleur de Lys Chair Set(filet)
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Title: THE ABCo BOOK OF CHAIR SETS, BED SPREAD PATTERNS AND CROCHETED EDGES, BOOK NO. 5
Author/Designer: Not Given
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1927
Publisher: Asmus Bradley Company, Inc., Chicago, IL
Language: English
Page Count: 15
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10 3/4" x 7 3/4"
ISBN: None
SUMMARY- There is a mystery here. The books do not give us the designer's name, nor the copyright date. The excellent library at the University of Illinois was able to date the booklets through the copyright office. So far as I can tell, most thread manufacturers denied credit to the designers they published in order to suppress their ability to find other work in the industry with their competitors. If you made a name for yourself, you were much more desireable as a designer and could expect to be paid better. This practice is alive and well to this day, and I deplore it. Credit should always be given to the designers. Sadly, we may never know who the Asmus Bradley Company designer(s) were.
You'll note the departure from the formula of the first four books. This has several really lovely filet chair sets, a handful of edgings, and a few bedspread patterns - one of which is for knitting instead of crochet. You were expected to figure out the pattern from the photo provided with all the filet crochet patterns - there were no charts for them, and written instructions are minimal.
DMC imported cotton thread, size 40 was advertised as used to make the samples in the book.
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