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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 599

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Towards the year 1830, insertions found their way tothe public taste (Fig. 14G). Till the middle of the nineteenth century, in lace-makingdistricts, almost the only schools were the lace schools—and there were several in most villaojes- -where lace-ma kino- was Fia. 144. … Valenciennes. —(Noithamptou.) the principal thing taught and a little reading added. I amindebted to Mrs. Roberts, formerly of Spratton, near North-ampton, for the following description, which she kindly allowsme to reprint. The following are the few particulars of the old laceschool for which this…

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