A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace (1900)
Jackson, Emily, 1861- · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 163
ded, the two points nearly reaching the edge of the skirt at theback, and the front being fastened across with a shawl brooch or ornamental pinspecially made for the purpose. Black silk lace is now made at Bayeux, at Chantilly, in Malta, and inCatalonia. Embroidered net lace work is extensively… … Black Lace of Caen and Bayeux (much reduced) ; nineteenth century. Blonde de Caen. A silk bobbin-made lace. It was about 1745 that the blonde laces, whichhave rendered Caen famous, first appeared ; both black and white flax threadlaces had formerly been made in the neighbourhood. At first the…
Lace and lace making
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