A history of hand-made lace : Dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace ... (1900)
Jackson, Emily, "Mrs. F. Nevill Jackson,", 1861- · London : L.U. Gill ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 147
robes. Beforethe Revolution in 1794, and before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, whenFrance lost many of her most skilled workers, the annual value of the manufacturewas estimated to be 12,000,000 livres. Work-people earned at this time 3 sous andupwards per day. During the Revolution the… … Alenfon Point Lace ; eighteenth century. Each mesh of the reseau or net ground is made with the needle-point. so that it was with difficulty that sufficient workers could be found to carry out thelavish orders of Napoleon I., for the emperor saw prosperity to France in therevival of the lace…
Lace and lace making
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