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 66
r the furnishing of these EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 41 laces alone. She, however, did not desire the importation of lace made in thedominions of the French king, and in 1711 forbade the entry of gold and silverlace on account of the extravagance to which its wear gave rise, even thecorsets of the ladies… … Joseph Marie Terray. From a picture by Roslin.The magnificent laco alb worn by this prelate isof Point <le Flandre. Before the South Sea Bubble burst, two companies had been brought out withenormous capital for importing lace from Holland, and when the china craze of theeighteenth century was at…
Lace and lace making
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