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 216
oundthe little village of Beer, in South Devon. Thelace cost ^1,000. The patterns were immedi-ately destroyed when the lace was complete, butfragments of some of the sprigs are treasuredin cottages here and there in the neighbour-hood. In examining such specimens the workis seen to be of great… … Honiton Bobbin-made Lace Daisy.The centre stitch, called Dia-mond Plaiting-s, is made afterthe other parts of the sprayhave been worked. The leavesare in cloth stitch and halfstitch with pearl edge; thestem is in stem stitch with plainpearl edge. Nineteenth century. Honiton Crochet. This is…
Lace and lace making
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