Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 108
dity superior, A new departure has been taken in modern times, inthe makino; of hand-made laces at the island of Burano,near Venice, where a large number of girls were employedin the eighteenth century, both in the town and theconvents, in making a point closely resembling that ofAlencon. Here the… … T3 •a F>5I To /ace ^rrge 58. VENICE 59 their time in the fabric of punto di Buraiio ; *^ how it wasordered long beforehand for great marriages, and even thencost very dear. She showed specimens still tacked on paper :the ground is made rioht across the thread of the lace. Burano point had not…
Lace and lace making -- History
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