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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 154

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fference, as the twofabrics are often confounded. Both flou-rished during the reign of Louis XIV. In 1708 the manufacture of Argentanhad fallen into decay, when Sieur Guyard,a merchant of Paris, applied to the Councilof the King for permission to re-establish the bd ol-j a (d 2 rt- ft! o g- !zj 3… … ii4 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. manufacture, and to employ six hundred workwomen. He desired to place theRoyal Arms over his door, and asked that his engraver and draughtsman,Montulay, should be exempt from all taxes except capitation. His request wasgranted. Guyards descendants continued the work,…

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