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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 633

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or re-makinp; oldlace. The splendid mantles, tunics, and flounces whichenrich the shop-windows of the great lace-dealers of Londonare mostly concocted from old fragments by the Devonshirelace-workers. It is curious to see the ingenuity they displayin re-arranging the old rags —and such they… … Old Devoxshike Point. dexterously restored, any deficient flower supplied, and thewhole joined together on the pillow. TROLLY LACE. Trolly lace comes next in order. It was quite differentfrom anything else made in Devonshire, and resembled manyof the laces made in the midlands at the present time.…

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