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 204
ith lace ; and Baron Ruffenberg, in his memoirs, asserts that lace caps were worn as early as the fourteenth century. A Flemish poet sings the praises of lace-making in 1651 — " Threads which the dropping spider in vain attempts to imitate." In the seventeenth century, when Colbert established the… … Point d'Anglcterre ; Point Gaze, first made Flemish Needle-point Lace Collar, 8i inches wide. The design is outlined in the fifteenth century, and now as beauti- with raised buttonhole stitching. fully worked as ever ; Mechlin, or Point Seventeenth century. de Malines, made at Antwerp, Lierre, and…
Lace and lace making -- History
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