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 298
rallyfloral, was run in with the needle upon a pillow-made ground. On the breaking out of the war with France, the closing of ourports to French goods gave an impetus to trade, and the manufacturersundertook to supply the English market with lace similar to thatof Normandy; hence a sort of English… … EDGING OF ENGLISH MECHLIN. Made in North Buckinghamshire.
Lace and lace making -- History
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