ng more than half her account, and in 1630— nothing.” “There were, as Shakespeare says, ‘“Bonds entered into For gay apparel against the triumph day.” * The quantity of needlework purl consumed on the king’s hunting collars, “colares pro venatione,” scarcely appears credible. One entry alone makes… … From an Engraving of Abraham Bosse. From an Engraving of Abraham Bosse. fection in England ; so much so, that the lease of twenty-one years, granted in 1627 to Dame Barbara Villiers, of the duties on gold and silver thread, became a terrible loss to the holder, who, in 1629, petitions for a…
Lace and lace making -- History
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