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 264
ime ofthe famine in 1846 special efforts were made toencourage the industry as a means of assisting asuffering, poverty-stricken population in the EmeraldIsle. The story goes that the first piece of Venetian FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 2$ I lace used as a pattern in Ireland was procured bya… … Fig. 117.—Borders of New Ross lace (Ireland), raised needlepoint lace. making is a speciality (see fig. 114), from which muchbetter results could be obtained. The Departmentof Science and Art of the Committee of Council onEducation has latterly been called upon to aid in thedevelopment of the Irish…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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