Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 348
endeavoured to establish atMortagne (Orne) a manufacture of lace like that of Alenconand Argentan, and proposed to send workers from these twotowns to teach the art gratuitously to the girls of Mortagne.We do not know what became of her project; but at thesame period the Epoux Malbiche de… … T(i face page 206. ARGENTAN 207 (1763) at Argentan three manufactures of point de France,without counting the general hospital of St. Louis, in whichit was made for the profit of the institution, and evidentlywith success ; for in 1764, a widow Roger was in treatywith the hospital to teach her two…
Lace and lace making -- History
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