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 133
tterpress except whatis required to explain the working of the patterns ; the monks would hardly have collected thevolumes e x -cept for thepurpose ofusing them. The earliestdated pattern-book was pub-lished in Co-logne, in 1527,and is a smalloctavo volumewith forty-twoplates; thetitle is inGothic… … THE LITERATURE OF LACE. 95 in chief; supporters, a lion and a griffin ; below, O. Fcclix Colonia, 1527. Thepatterns consist of mediaeval and Arabesque borders and alphabets, some on white,others on black grounds, some with counted stitches. Occasionally there is a dedication in verse, as in an…
Lace and lace making
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