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 266
of Irish lacework. Fig. 115displays a flounce of embroidery on net worked at Limerick from adesign by a student of the school; fig. 116 is part of a flounce workedat the convent of Poor Clares Kenmare, in needlepoint lace, from adesign by Miss Julyan, of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art; FROM… … Fig. 119.—Borders and insertion of Cork crochet lace (Ireland). variably been made of white thread. The needle seemsto have disdained using any fantastic threads; and fig. 117 shows two borders of raised needlepoint lace made at theCarmelite Convent, New Ross, from designs by the master of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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