Point and pillow lace : a short account of various kinds ancient and modern, and how to recognize them (1899)
Sharp, Mary · New York : E.P. Dutton ; London : J. Murray · leaf 151
in dark, clamp cellars, where only one rayof liijht was arrano-ed to fall on the thread, whichwas otherwise almost invisible ; also because in adrier air it would have been too brittle. But suchhand-spun thread is now too costly for use, andmachine-made thread is always substituted. Although the… … Old Brussels Pillow lace— Toint dAngleterre.130 POINT DANGLETERRE 131 through many styles in pattern and make, which maybe classed as follows :— rOINT DANGLETERRE. On the first invention of the perfectly formed reseau ground, about the middle of the seventeenthcentury, this was worked on the pillow…
Lace and lace making
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