Point and pillow lace : a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1899)
Sharp, Mary · New York : E.P. Dutton · leaf 114
Modern Valenciennes. CHAPTER V. OF FRENCH LACES. POINT D'ALENgON. Fr is said that Needle-point lace was made at Alen^on as early as 1650 or thereabouts, but though mention has been found of it by name at that time, it did not attain to any great perfection or celebrity till the manufacture was…
Lace and lace making
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