Isabel Anne Simpson papers
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National Museums Scotland Library
GB 587 IAS
Simpson Isabel Anne
The Isabel Simpson collection includes correspondence, photographs and drafts of lectures on the subject of lacis.
Isabel Anne Simpson was the author of Lacis (1909) and wrote under the pseudonym 'Carita'. She lived in London and made use of the British Museum and South Kensington Museum for her research. Much of her research also took place in Edinburgh, in the Royal Scottish Museum, the Museum of Antiquities, and the General Register House Edinburgh.
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Lace and lace making.
Needlework.
Lacis : practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net 1909