Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 200
storyof lace-making in Germany.This good woman hadlearned the art of making-lace upon a pillow from aBrabant workman, andtaught it to her compan-ions, the children of theminers in the Hartz moun-tains. It was from thissmall beginning that the in-dustry began and extendedthroughout Germany. Of… … Wrousrht-iron Flower-Stand: Barnard 6° Co. modern Guipure is great-ly inferior to the beautifulapplied pillow-made sprigswhich gave the Honitonfabrics so great a reputa-tion. The lace known asPoint dAngleterre wasnever made in England,but always in Brussels. Itsname is owing to the factthat it used…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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