Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 626
822 : The manufactory of lace hasmuch declined, although the lace still retains its superiority.Some years ago, at which time it was much patronised bythe Koyal family, the manufacturers of Honiton employed2,400 hands in the town and in the neighbouring villages,but they do not now employ above… … To face page 408. HON IT ON 409 as they said, out of their own heads. Turkey tails, frying pans, bullocks hearts, and the most senselesssprigs and borderings took the place of the graceful com-positions of the old school. Not a leaf, not a flower w^ascopied from nature. Anxious to introduce a purer…
Lace and lace making
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