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 186
is called Greeklace, and it is likely that the art first came from the Ionian Isles and Greece, whichwere closely connected with the Venetian RepubHc. The work once transplantedinto Venice, where all the arts were pursued with such practical earnestness, itquickly grew in beauty and variety of… … A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 141 with, and any pattern was drawn and worked on parchment ; thus Punto in Ariacould develop into the graceful and beautiful Point de Venise, for lace-makingwas no longer hampered by the necessity for square and rectangular designs onlybecause of the linen threads being…
Lace and lace making
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