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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 519

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ACE gave way to the falling band, so familiar to us in theportraits of Eubens and Vandyke. There is such a deal of pinning these ruffs, when a fineclean fall is worth them all, says the Malcontent. If youshould chance to take a nap in the afternoon, your fallingband requires no poking-stick to… … Monument of the Pkincess Mary. + i607. Third daughter of James I. (Westminster Abbey.) ( Sidneys sister, Pembrokes mother ), with its elaborateborder of swans (Fig. 127), is a good illustration of thefashion of her time. Among the early entries of Prince Charles, we have fournightcaps of cut-work,…

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