Lovely, delicate crocheted edgings, extensive designs for Mountmellick embroidery (a sturdy, handsome white-on-white work), tasteful hemstitchings and drawnwork, and some innovative knitted seed-bead trims can be found in this volume. But there are also patterns that explain why women then were prone to fainting spells and hysteria; a barrister's wig in puff knitting; knitted undersleeves, shoe covers, and dickeys; an alarming Bulgarian headdress; a bag for holding lemons, a billiard pocket, and (believe it or not) ear caps for horses.
