Original source - Royal Society Mercerized Knitting and Crochet 1936

The pattern is from 1936.
It gives the thread as Mercerized Cotton (62 balls for double bed and 56 balls for single bed or Eversheen (34 hanks for double bed and 31 hanks for single bed.
There is no gauge.
Double bed requires 16 and 17 motives across alternating and 13 rows for a total of 215 motives
Single bed requires 13 and 14 motives across alternating and 13 rows fro a total of 194 motives.