Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 689
s often no easy task, even for apractised eye, to detect the difference. Still, we must everbe of opinion that the most finished productions of the framenever possess the touch, the finish, or the beauty of thelaces made by hand. The invention of machine-made lacehas this peculiarity—it has not… … The LiGETTA, OR Lace-bark Tree. has brought the wearing of lace within the reach of allclasses of society. The inner bark of the Lagetta, or Lace-bark tree ^*^ ofJamaica, may be separated into thin layers, and then intodistinct meshes, bearing some resemblance to lace (Fig. 163).Of this material a…
Lace and lace making
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