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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 631

An illustration from History of lace, 1902, leaf 631
or re-making oldlace. The splendid mantles, tunics, and flounces whichenrich the shop-windows of the great lace-dealers of Londonare mostly concocted from old fragments by the Devonshirelace-workers. It is curious to see the ingenuity they displayin re-arranging the old rags —and such, they… … Old DEvostJHiKE Point. dexterously restored, any deficient flower supplied, and thewhole joined together on the pillow. TROLLY LACE. Trolly lace conies next in order. It was quite differentfrom anything else made in Devonshire, and resembled manyof the laces made in the midlands at the present…

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