Book- Jewelry Patterns Inspired by Historic American Ipswich Lace

by Karen H. Thompson, 2025

Patterns and Working Diagrams for 12 Lace motifs to be made into earrings, pendants and more.

In the late 1700s Ipswich, Massachusetts, had the only documented commercial handmade lace in the United States. Twenty-two black silk bobbin lace samples made by lace makers in Ipswich between 1789 and 1790 are preserved in the Library of Congress among the papers of Alexander Hamilton. It is extremely rare to have samples of 18th century lace with exact provenance of where and when they were made.

This book provides basic information on how to construct jewelry pieces out of the 12 included patterns.