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 59
And this History of Lace will not havebeen written in vain if we make it clear that England was the first to makethe beautiful lace called Point dAngleterre. The industry still exists inDevonshire, where Honiton point absolutely represents the Point d Angleterreof the seventeenth century ; the only… … George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695). He wears thefolded cravat of Flemish lace, which replaced the deeplace collar when flowing wigs came in—hiding the lacetrimming- at the back.
Lace and lace making
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