Devon pillow lace: its history and how to make it (1908)
Moody, A. Penderel, Tompkins, A.E · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company limited · leaf 113
CHAPTER V. ' We want more quiet in our works, More knowledge of the bounds in which we work." — E. B. Browning. … grandmothers were " learned " at a fee of one penny a week. Next door to the school lived a " twisty and disformed " man, who eked out a scanty livelihood by making and deco- rating bobbins. Twelve hours was not thought too long for the lace workers' day, and a three years' apprenticeship was…
Lace and lace making
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