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 284
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 shiny and coarse… … k^ <H U J. c/) ■- ^^ X
Lace and lace making -- History
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