Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 262
Fig. 114.—Irish crochet lace (Point dIrlande). The little isle of Burano, writes an Italian author, is situated two leagues to the north-east of Venice;it is the poorest of the archipelago in the lagoon, andwithal the richest in beautiful and steady young girls.Lace-making, as one sees, retains its… … Fig. 115.—Flounce of Limerick lace (Ireland), embroidery on net. many able hands, requiring but well-regulated encour-agement to evoke a more serious development of theirindustry. At Moscow, in Russia, a lace school produces capital !50 II. LACES. work, bearing the impress of a Russian taste…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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