Lace, ancient and modern; Comprising a history of its origin and manufacture, with instructions concerning the manner of making it (1880)
Beebe, C. D., Mrs · New York, Sharps Publishing Company · leaf 237
232 LACE, ANCIENT AND MODERN, its existence was in 1494; the pattern book of Taglienti gave designs for working it half a century later, from 1530 to 1550, as punto a gropo. Macrame is knotted on a pillow, one kind being worked flat and rather loosely, "the other is lightly knotted and raised in… … MACRAME.
Lace and lace making
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