Old lace : a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture (1908)
Jourdain, Margaret · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 266
h work. t Purl is to form an edging on lace, to form an embroidered border. It is acontraction of the old word purfle, to embroider on the edge. M.E. purfilcn, OldFrench porfiler, later pourfiler. Pourfiler (for, to purfle, tinsell, or overcast withgold thread (Cotgrave). Lace, a cord, tie, plaited…
Lace and lace making
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