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A history of lace (1875)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle · leaf 114

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l, and arc seated at "almofadas" (pillows), proportioned to their height, on which .they soon Learn to manage the bobbins, sometimes sixty dozen or more, with great dexterity.33 Of the point Lace made in the Spanish Peninsula, we have evidently but scanty information. The Spanish raised point would… … Madeira lace, pillow-made. of design of the Venetian, and passing in commerce as " flat Spanish point." The fine points in relief of Italy and Spain were the result of such time and labour as to render them too costly for moderate means. Hence they were extensively counterfeited. The princi- pal…

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