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 242
sque designs. A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 191 Popes Point. A name sometimes given to Venetian Point Lace (which is described underVenetian Laces). Portuguese Laces. Trie old Portuguese Point lace resembles flat Venetian Point. There waslittle commercial lace-making in Portugal before the eighteenth… … ig2 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. the work and amusement of a few women who executed orders in their ownhouses. Stringent Sumptuary laws were enacted in 1749, which discouraged thewearing of lace. After the earthquake at Lisbon, in 1755, the Marquis de Pombalfounded a lace manufactory. Early in the…
Lace and lace making
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