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 130
is accounted for by the fact that one workermade one section. The straight joining, which was the only one known at thattime, necessitated the repetition of the straight line of the tree or fountain. Afterthe sixteenth century a new way of joining was found, so that not only straightforms but round… … At the endof theeighteenthcentury thebeauty oflace beganto decline. From the middle of the seventeenth century till early in the eighteenth, theRenaissance patterns were used, with flowing lines, wreaths, garlands, flowers, andscroll work in compact patterns or connected with bride and buttonhole…
Lace and lace making
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