CULT-WORK 19 consisted in arranging a network of threads upon a small frame, crossing and interlacing them into various complicated patterns. Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, called quintain,” from the town in Brittany where … LACIS.—(Vinciolo. Edition 1588.) Ce Pelican contient en longueur 70 mailles et en hauteur 65. it was ade. Then, with a needle, the network was sewn to the quintain by edging round those parts of the pattern that were to remain thick. The last operation was to cut away the superfluous cloth; hence…
Lace and lace making -- History
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