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
n. The tastefularranger will doubtless make the idea complete by providing for her Flemish lacesa carved receptacle of Flanders oak, for her French laces a commode or Louiscabinet, and for her English laces one of Sheraton design. The Italian lacecollection would be best shown in a many-leaved… … In 1527the firstdated patternbookappeared. ENERALLY speaking, the Literature of theArt of Lace-making may be said to com-mence with the pattern books designed forthe use of the lace-makers. St. Dunstandesigned patterns to be executed by the nuns,and sometimes, it would appear, by the monksalso ;…
Lace and lace making
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