Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 578
nce of note, and of which the existence is confirmed by thetestimony of contemporary writers. The women of the mystery of thread-working wouldappear to have made lace in London,® and of their com-plaints and grievances our public records bear goodlyevidence. Of the products of their needle we know… … RiPON. the end of the eighteenth century, may be said to have heldfair commerce in the capital. The London fabric can scarcely be looked upon as a stapletrade in itself, mixed up as it was with lace-cleaning andlace-washing—an occupation first established by the ejectednuns. Much point, too, was…
Lace and lace making -- History
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