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 78
s making it specially suitable. and are employed upon the production of blondes and guipures, in linen, silk, andwool threads. The lace now made is finer and better than the old laces of the samedistrict. In 1875 the average wage of the workwomen was fifty centimes a day.Skilful workers and those… … At Argentan, where such famous laces were made in the seventeenth century,there is now no important factory. At Arras, where laces were made whichrivalled those of Lille, there are only a few hundred workers, the number havingdwindled since the 30,000 lace-makers of the eighteenth century were busy…
Lace and lace making
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