Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 168
he writes, I will notbe silent, and fail to mention the time lost these last years inthe manufacture of cadenetas, a work of thread combined withgold and silver; this extravagance and excess reached sucha point that hundreds and thousands of ducats were spent inthis work, in which, besides… … Unkinishkd Work of a Spanish JSun. and years of time were wasted with so unsatisfactory aresult. I ask myself, after the fancy has passed away, willthe lady or gentleman find that the chemises that cost themfifty ducats, or the basquina (petticoats) that cost them threehundred, are worth half their…
Lace and lace making -- History
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