Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 197
childrenseated before their pillows, twisting their bobbins withwonderful dexterity. (Fig. 54.) In a tract of the seventeenth century entitled, EnglandsImprovement hy Sea and Land, to outdo the Dutch withoutFighting,^^ we have an amusing account of one of theseestablishments. Joining to this… … A Belgian Lace ■Schchh,. large room, and in the middle thereof a little box like apulpit. Second, there are benches built about the room asthey are in our playhouses. And in the l)ox in the middleof the room the grand mistress, with a long white wand inher hand. If she observes any of them idle,…
Lace and lace making -- History
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