Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 330
rdre du ministremanufacture. de Iinterieur. ^ Dcscr. du Dep. de VOrne. An ALENgON 197 facture. Two hundred aged women—all the lace-makersremainiuo- of this once flounshino; fabric—were collected andagain set to w^ork. . k. new class of patterns w^as introduced,and the manufacture once more returned… … Uel) Made for Xapoleon I. for life. Now new workers had to be procured from otherlace districts, already taught the ground peculiar to theirfabrics. The consequence was, their fingers never couldacquire the art of making the pure Alencon reseau. Theymade a good ground, certainly, but it was mixed…
Lace and lace making -- History
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