Author(s): Emma Cormack (Editor); Michele Majer (Editor); Barbara Karl (Contribution by); Paula Hohti (Contribution by); Femke Speelberg (Contribution by); Frieda Sorber (Contribution by); Amalia Descalzo (Contribution by); Mariselle Meléndez (Contribution by); James Middleton (Contribution by); Laura Beltrán-Rubio (Contribution by); Denis Bruna (Contribution by); Lesley Miller (Contribution by); Annabel Bonnin Talbot (Contribution by); Emily Zilber (Contribution by); Anne Wanner-JeanRichard (Contribution by); Catherine Örmen (Contribution by); Ilona Kos (Contribution by); Annina Dosch (Introduction by); Tobias Forster (Other Primary Creator); Hans Schreiber (Other Primary Creator); Martin Leuthold (Other Primary Creator)

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Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen offers a look at one of the world's finest collections of historical lace.  It traces the development of European lace from its emergence in the sixteenth century to the present, elucidating its important role in fashion.

The book explores the longstanding connections between lace and status, addressing styles in lace worn at royal courts, including Habsburg Spain and Bourbon France, as well as lace worn by the elite ruling classes and Indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas.

Featuring new research, the publication covers a range of topics related to lace production, lace in fashion and portraiture, lace revivals, the mechanization of the lace industries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and contemporary innovations in lace.  With a focus on lace techniques, women lace makers, and lace as a signifier of wealth and power, this richly illustrated book includes wide-ranging contributions by curators and experts from major museums and academic institutions.