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 91
t delicate needle-point in double and triple relief,worked in ecru silk thread for the ornamentation of a talith. Hollie or Holy Point was originally made entirely for Church use, and thename was used in the Middle Ages for any sort of Church lace work, whetherdrawn or cut work, darned netting or… … Pope Clement XIV. in an Alb trimmed with fineNeedle-point Lace. Eighteenth century. ECCLESIASTICAL LACE. 61 illustration being Adam and Eve, the Tree of Knowledge, the Holy Dove andAnnunciation Lily, with occasionally accompanying figures. After the Refor-mation, when the hoards oflaces belonging…
Lace and lace making
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