Lace, ancient and modern : comprising a history of its origin and manufacture, with instructions concerning the manner of making it (1880)
Beebe, C. D., Mrs · New York : Sharps Pub. Co. · leaf 97
94 LACE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. This illustration of drawn'work is in the renaissance style, in which a flowing pattern is left in the solid linen, while the threads in the ground are drawn, and the remaining ones overcast in the manner just described. … DKAWNWORK — SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. The embroidery was often in colored silks, and the threads were also overcast in colors, but linen was usually preferred for the groundwork, on account of its fineness and the strength of its Aviry thread, silk being altogether too soft for the purpose. Later, the…
Lace and lace making
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