Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 263
Fig. 115.—Flounce of Limerick lace (Ireland), embroidery on net. many able hands, requiring but well-regulated encour-agement to evoke a more serious development of theirindustry. At Moscow, in Russia, a lace school produces capital !50 II. LACES. work, bearing the impress of a Russian taste… … Fig. 116.—Part of a flounce of Kenmare lace (Ireland), flat andslightly raised needlepoint lace. time lace-making has been pursued. At the time ofthe famine in 1846 special efforts were made toencourage the industry as a means of assisting asuffering, poverty-stricken population in the EmeraldIsle.…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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