Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 145
f ornamenting the macrame.ends of the threads of linen was from 8o HISTORY OF LACE CANTU. Cantu, a small town near Lake Como, is one of the greatestlace-producing centres in Italy. The lace industry was plantedthere in the sixteenth century by the nuns of the Benedictineorder, and until fifty years… … Fringed Macrame.—(Geuoa.) province work at it and dispose of their lace independentlyto travelling merchants, or work under the direction of theCantuese lace-merchants. The laces are all made withbobbins with both thread and silk. SICILY. Sicily was celebrated in olden times for its gold and…
Lace and lace making
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