Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 464
page 280. SWEDEN 281 Latterly this manufacture has been protected and theworkwomen carefully directed. Far more curious are the laces made by the peasants ofDalecarlia, still retaining the patterns used in the rest ofEurope two hundred years since. The broader ^^ kinds, ofwhich we give a woodcut… … Dalkcarlian Lace. unbleached thread, are from Orsa. This lace is neverAvashed, as it is considered an elegance to preserve thiscoffee-coloured tint. The firmness and solidity of these lastlaces are wonderful. The specimens from Eattwik are narrow seaminglaces of the lozenge pattern. There is also a…
Lace and lace making
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