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 312
death in 1842, aremuch superior to those of later specimens. He brought with himto Ireland twenty-four young women skilled in the art of laceembroidery as teachers, of whom several came from Coggeshall. * On a frame is stretched a piece of net. A floss thread or cotton is thendrawn by a hooked or… … [ io5 ] CHAPTER XIX. Blondes. Blonde* laces were first introduced in 1745 and were known asnankins or blondes; their name of blond comes from theiroriginal Venetian name, merletti biondi, pale laces. De Gheltofinforms us that it was given by the authority of the magistrates ofMercanzia, in 1759.…
Lace and lace making
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