HONITON 407 had, during the war, paid a hundred guineas a pound to the smugglers for this highly-prized and then almost unattainable commodity. Nor were the lace-worker’s gains less remunerative. She would receive as much as eighteen shillings a yard for the workmanship alone of a piece of this… … (Exeter Cathedral.) A facture.” The which proved to be exactly the sum 7 The manner of payment was originally paid for the veil. The somewhat Phoenician, reminding one ground of this veil, though perfect in of Queen Dido and her bargain. The its workmanship, is of a much wider lace ground was…
Lace and lace making -- History
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