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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 166

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le-point traditions. The beauti-ful modern Lace known as Point de Gaze is madeentirely with the needle, and is grounded with itsown reseau. Partly to suit modern taste in design,and parti) perhaps from economy of work whenlabour is so dear, the execution is much more openand slight than in the… … Modern Brussels Needle-point— Point de Gaze. U 145 L POINT DE GAZE 147 shading-, and the open parts are very prettily en-riched with dotting. If to those who delight inthe soft richness of the work of former times theexecution of the Point de Gaze seems somewhatthin and loose, and the style of the…

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