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 250
ededin manipulatingthe fibres, as thehats and bonnetsat Leghorn aremade in onepiece, whichaccounts fortheir extraordin-ary durability. There is in the Tuscan fabric no twist forming a ridge which makes the unequalsurface of English straw work, but it is sewn together in successive rows as inthe… … Twisted Eorder of Coloured Straws, held together by white silk threads,2i inches wide ; eighteenth century. 200 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. having been introduced only about a century-and-a-half ago. It has reached ahigh state of perfection in Bedfordshire, the chief seat of the manufacture.…
Lace and lace making
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