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 75
t general, both in England and in France. An interesting incident, connected with Brussels lace, took place after thebattle of Waterloo. Monsieur Trovaux, a manufacturer at Brussels, turned hisfactory into a hospital for English soldiers, providing nurses, beds, linen and allother necessaries for… … Napoleon I. (1769—1821), by Stefano Totanelli. FromSeidlitz Historical Portraits.. He wears a cravatof Venetian Point. NINETEENTH CENTURY. 49 ladies, who would buy nowhere else the lace they desired to purchase inBrussels. In touching upon the conditions of the lace industries during the latterhalf…
Lace and lace making
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