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 325
d-m a d e net(reseau), are noweasily made. It can-not be maintained, however, that machine-made tulle isas charming a material as vrai reseau ; its dressing, as arule, tends to make it wiry and harsh to the touch, andalthough this may be lessened by modification, the cottonthread, employed both for… … Fie. [51;—Flounce of Brussels applicationlace. FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 313 modern cotton fabrics are not powdered with whitelead, a pernicious and perfectly useless ingredient,frequently used, with dire effect to the health of thelace-workers and the good preservation of the lace. Lace…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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