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 207
Savona, was black or white, silk orthread ; much of this was exported to Spain. Enormous cushions were used in itsmaking, as many as four women sitting at one pillow and manipulating sixty dozenbobbins. This is work frequently undertaken by poor gentlewomen. Some finelaces made at Albissola were… … Genoese Plaited Lace, 3 inches wide; sixteenth century. district was the Aloe lace, Fino dEvbe Spada; one of the threads of the plant wastwisted into a lace-work of the natural cream colour, and some of it was dyed blackbefore working. This lace, like the Aloe lace of Barcelona, will not bear…
Lace and lace making
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