Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 623
should place its fabrication at the beginningof the eighteenth century, for it was long before the Devon-shire lace-makers could rival in beauty the cordonnet of the Flemish workers. Fig. 154 is an example of the pattern worked in, thefavourite design of the butterfly and the acorn, alreadyfamiliar… … by the fashion of classical dress. Lace became no longernecessary to a ladys wardrobe, and the demand for it declinedto a serious extent for the workers. Worse than these,however, was the introduction of the machine net, the firstfactory being set up at Tiverton in 1815. Lysons writesshortly…
Lace and lace making -- History
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