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 63
enrySwinburne, writing from Paris in 1786, says that the expense of a bridestrousseau is equal to a handsome portion in England. Five thousandpounds worth of lace, linen, etc., is a common thing among them. In one of the pictures of M. de Bonnard at the Bibliotheque Nationale, adressing-room is… … Mantilla worn by a lady of Madrid. Thishead - covering- is still much used inSpain, though it is no longer the uni-versal headwear of every class as itwas in the eighteenth century. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 39 dressing-gown of the lady is all of guipure, trimmed at the sides, where itopens over a…
Lace and lace making
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