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 251
n 1335. His-tory tells that, in the Middle Ages, thenuns at Wadstena Knit their lace ofgold and silk. From knitting to laceis an easy transition. At the suppres-sion of the monasteries in the reign ofCharles IX., a few nuns too old andinfirm to sail with their sisters to Polandremained in Sweden… … Suffolk Bobbin-made Lace;century. nineteenth A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 201 which were called Holesom. This last is still much used by the Swedishhousewives for adorning their household linen. A common kind of twistedthread lace resembling Torchon is now made in many parts of Sweden, chieflyby the…
Lace and lace making
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