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 228
rposes, and is still worn bythe peasants in the neighbour-hood of Rome. The nameMacrame is of Arabic origin ;in the great picture of thesupper in the house of Simonthe Canaanite, by PaulVeronese, the ends of the table-cloth are ornamented withMacrame lace. House linenrichly ornamented withMacrame… … was brought by Baroness Fringed border of Knotted White Thread, Punto aGroppo, or Macrame work, of Genoa, 8^ inches wide ;nineteenth century. dAsti to the Albergo de Poverifrom Rome. Marie Picchetti,one of the workers, carefullyunpicked and examined the complicated knots, and managed to discover…
Lace and lace making
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