Bring a 1910s parlor back to life with Old and New Designs in Crochet Work, Book No. 2 by Sophie T. LaCroix!

This St. Louis Fancy Work Co. pamphlet (25¢ on the cover) is one of her numbered “Old and New Designs” series. The inside ads list Books 1–16 and name LaCroix “America’s greatest Fancy Work Expert.” Patterns are crochet only—filet, medallions, pineapple, macramé crochet, and linen-plus-lace combinations—written for Cordonnet, Perle, and similar threads.

Featured designs include:

• No. 269 – tasseled portiere (front cover)
• No. 268 – piano cover and scarf with ring medallions
• Nos. 274–275 – Dutch lunch set (Maltese-cross table cover and mats)
• No. 281 – Roman filet curtain
• No. 285 – nightgown yoke
• No. 288 – rose scarf in macramé crochet
• No. 294 – duck filet scarf
• No. 296 – dragon filet towel
• Nos. 299–2101 – pineapple doily set (center, plate, tumbler)
• Edgings, insertions, dresser scarfs, cushions, and monogram letters

A complete early LaCroix booklet for collectors of St. Louis Fancy Work Co. lace.