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 59
arge quantities to France, and wasnever confounded at that time with lace made in Flanders. Colbert, for whoseinformation the letter was written, would be the last to confuse the two makes of lace. In 1675, Savory, in Le Parfait Nego-ciant, declares that there is a large im-portation from Eng-land… … excessive demand for itin the time of CharlesII. necessitated Bel-gian lace being smug-gled into Englandunder that name. Itis probable, however,that the faxt that inthe latter part of theseventeenth centurythe demand did exceedthe English supply,has given rise to thebelief that Belgian so-called…
Lace and lace making
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