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 217
ke the Italian and Greek Reticellas. The lace-makers werereinforced by the Flemings who took refuge in Devonshire from religious persecu-tion during the sixteenth century, and traces are still to be found of Flemish namesamongst the lace-making families, such as Stocker, Gerard, Murch, Kettel,… … <u a c o -a c >^ ao& u s O M d_o Sc A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 169 A great fire at Honiton in 1756 caused much distressamongst the lace-makers.Just before this calamity, in the Complete System of Geography, by EmanuelBowen, it is said of Honiton:—The people are chiefly employed in the…
Lace and lace making
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