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 215
r Swedish Lace.liollie or Holy Lace. A needle-point lace worked in the Middle Ages, the subject of the patternbeing taken from Holy Writ.The name Hollie is a corrup-tion of Holy Point, and is some-times used to denote any Churchlaces, whether formed of drawnor cut work, darned netting (thetrue… … ■|m, ■ A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 167 The wearing of Hollie Point was not thought of till after the Reformation,when the Puritans used, for lay purposes, many things that had belonged hithertoexclusively to the Church. The bearing cloth or mantle, used to cover a childwhen carried to its christening,…
Lace and lace making
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