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 218
3 a in T3 D. a,o a. aTa 0) 05 o PQ co 3 c X A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 169 A great fire at Honiton in 1756 caused much distress amongst the lace-makers.Just before this calamity, in the Complete System of Geography, by EmanuelBowen, it is said of Honiton: —The people are chiefly employed in the… … of lace, the broadest sort that is made in England, of which great quantities are sentto London. At this time Devonshire lace is sometimes called Bath Brussels lace.It is owing to its sprigs that Honiton has become famous. They were, andstill are, made separately—first worked with bobbins, and…
Lace and lace making
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