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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 484

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op) myter with stuffand lace.^^ The richly-laced corporax cloths and churchlinen are sent to be washed by the Lady Ancress, anecclesiastical washerwoman, who is paid by the churchwardens■of St. Margarets, Westminster, the sum of 8(i. ; this LadyAncress, or Anchoress, being some worn-out old nun… … Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.—(M. de Versailles.) •enters on his account a charge of fifty yards of gold passe-ment lace for garnishing the pillars of the church. The sumptuary laws of Henry YIII. were again renewedby Queen Mary :^^ in them ruffles made or wrought out ofEngland, commonly called…

Lace and lace making

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