A history of hand-made lace. Dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufactures, the methods of distiuguishing and the care of various kinds of lace (1900)
Jackson, Emily, 1861- · New York, Scribner's · leaf 164
A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 121 When, early in the nineteenth century, the thread lace-makers were reduced to ruin by the introduction of machine-made net, the silk blonde workers enjoyed increased prosperity. It was about … Bobbin Lace. The correct name for lace made on a stuffed cushion by twisting and plaiting threads wound on bobbins. By this term the fabric was known during the seventeenth
Lace and lace making -- History
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