The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 139
were usedfor altar cloths, Church vestments, and the starchedtrimmings to rufEs, their stiff and geometrical patternsbeing peculiarly adapted for the purposes they weredesigned. This lace is produced by lines of thread heingthrown across a space, so as to form a pattern, and after-wards connected… … Fis. 703, EETICELLA OK GKEEK POINTS, much time in making that the lace when finished canonly be sold at very high prices, and since machine netshave been manufactured they have fallen into disuse,except for especial orders, the lace being made and thenApplique on to machine net, instead of the…
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