The front page and an inside page from the 'Familistere 'Book of Visitors'' showing the entry for 'Titus Salt 1880'. The copies from a French Public Museum 'The Familistere at Guise': This was a 19th century self-contained housing complex that promoted social cooperation among its residents. It is now a museum.
Items donated by Barnaby Wilmott and Rob Voakes from the late Rosemary Wilmott's personal items.Textiles and linen originally belonging to Isabel Salt.
Lace head covering, black netting decorated with black spots with lace edging to 3 sides. Rectangular shaped with curved plain edge to nape of neck. Circular design lace to curved edge, double lace border on 3 edges.
Long piece of black lace which could be a collar or shawl. Piece of black lace decorated with fuschia flowers, buds and leaves. Bottom edge has a scalloped design.
Semi-circular piece of black lace netting. Both side edge hemmed. Tope edge raw/unfinished. Border to lower edge. Bottom edge border heavily decorated with large and small flowers and leaves. Appears to have been removed from an item of clothing.
2 pieces of black lace netting decorated with spots. Both pieces are rectangular in shape, unfinished and decorated with large black spots. Each spot i 9mm in diameter.
(i) Main body is double layered silk with 3 hooks and eyes to short edges and a buttonhold halfway along. A single layer of silk to one end with one hook. (ii) 3.5cm lace border of daisies in a wavew deisgn and apples and butterflies.
(i) Part of a collar with large daisy design. Neck band sewn onto bib which is cut in half. One hook sewn onto corner of neck band(ii) lace edging with daisy design
Piece of heavy cotton lace edging. Cream colour. Flower/diamond design. Piece has a scalloped edge at the bottom and straight edge to top. Hemmed on one side.
Piece of cream cotton lace with large swirling paisley and leaf design with 0.5cm band through the middle. Circular edging to long sides. Piece is pointed to on side (possibly cut from a sash).