Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 464
far inferior to the lace of convent*make. Themaking of this Spanish point formed a favourite amusement ofthe Swedish ladies of the seventeenth century : bed-hangings,coverlets, and toilets of their handiwork may still be foundin the remote castles of the provinces. We have receivedthe photograph of… … p To face page 282. RUSSIA 283 RUSSIA. After his visit to Paris early in the eighteenth century.Peter the Great founded a manufacture of silk lace atNovgorod, which in the time of the Empress Elizabeth fellinto decay. In the reign of Catherine II. there were twelvegold lace-makers at St.…
Lace and lace making -- History
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