Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 180
the subject is, that the making cloths of chequeredlace formed for a time the favourite employment of Moorishmaidens, and they are still to l)e purchased, yellow with age,in the African cities of Tangier and Tetuan. They may bedistinguished from those worked by Christian fingers from *-… … Jewish,—Made in Syria. The pattern is only modern Torchon, but the knotting stitch is their peculiar tradition. Same size. Plate XXXIII.
Lace and lace making
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