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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, 1861- · London : L. Upcott Gill ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 103

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mestic use ; not only does the peasant woman fan herself as she goes abouther household tasks, but the peasant labourer carries his fan in one hand while hewields his hoe with the other, and the shopkeeper fans himself as he serves hiscustomers. But with such fans of general utility we have nothing… … Lace Fan-Leaf in white net ground and black silk pattern, worked at the School of Art, Cork. Nineteenth century.

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