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 288
bobbins in pairs, but the workingpair is constantly changing; therefore one thread runs straight across,and the others slant down the work crosswise. The raised work is the distinguishing mark of Honiton. In noother English lace is it introduced, and the value of a piece is estimated * Gimp is the… … DEVONSHIRE TROLLY. 95 according to the raised work in it. The fillings of the flowers aredone with plaitings which are largely used in Maltese and other laces. The Honiton pillows run rather smaller than the Buckinghamshireones, and do not have the numberless starched coverings—only threepill…
Lace and lace making
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