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 84
woman whomerely works a machine. 5. The work is so light that the most delicate woman or girl can undertake it. 6. Mastery of the technical details is so easy that in lace-making countries,such as Belgium and Italy, children of seven or eight years commence to learn the stitches. 7. Every woman… … Miss Emily Yelverton, from the Court Album,1854. The bell-shaped lace sleeves of theperiod and bodice trimming are of Rosepoint lace. CHAPTER VI. ECCLESIASTICAL LACE. Gold, silver,and flaxthread lacesof fabulousvalue. l9:?-J |N writing of lace used for Church purposes there is no separatehistory to…
Lace and lace making
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