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Old lace, a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture (1909)

Jourdain, Margaret · London, B. T. Batsford; New York, Charles Scribners sons · leaf 18

An illustration from Old lace, a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture, 1909, leaf 18 — - the same, hence there is alwa)s an equaltension in the threads and a perfectly regular tissue is produced, butat the same time perfectly flat. Handwork, on the contrary, is boundto be irregular because, though the workers hand represents a forceof uniform strength, its action is unequal and… … 5-- k

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