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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 108

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olidity superior. A new departure has been taken in modern times, inthe making of hand-made laces at the island of Burano,near Venice, where a large number of girls were employedin the eighteenth century, both in the town and theconvents, in making a point closely resembling that ofAlencon. Here… … 5 ** cs a) Ph J1 >i o H a> t> rj H oo ^ H ;_, ■^ tU O PL| To face page 58. VENICE 59 their time in the fabric of punto di Burano ; ^^ how it wasordered long beforehand for great marriages, and even thencost very dear. She showed specimens still tacked on paper :the ground is made right…

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