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 172
of a clever Brussels thread-spinner are extremely high, which seemsjust, when we know that from one pound of flax lace can be manufactured to thevalue of ;^7oo ; the hand-spun thread, however, costs as much as ;^240 per pound.It is now little used. Thread spun by machine in England from Belgian… … A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 129 The earliest Point a IAiguille patterns resembled those of ancient Point deVenise. Lace appears to have been first made in Brussels in the fifteenth century,and a few rare specimens are still preserved in the old churches of Brabant. Thedesigns were taken from the early…
Lace and lace making
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