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 194
cal. Some-times the Honiton sprigs are mountedon black silk machine-made net;sometimes they are united by bridesor bars, as in the Honiton Guipure.The making of black silk lace inDevonshire has now completely diedout, though many of the old workersstill remember to have seen the workdone. It was… … I. 2 148 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACi now no workers, nor can a yard of Devon-made lace be purchased in the town. InColyton, Beer, Seaton, Colyford, Shute, Sidmouth, and other villages and townsa few old lace-makers are busy at the sprigs, collars and ties, which were fashion-able in the early…
Lace and lace making
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