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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 174

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lybe called a reseau, for there are no meshes, butinstead, a spiders-web-like material, closely sprinkledwith small round spots or discs. It is called a Fondde neiire, and in truth really resembles snowflakes.The whole is more like a delicate cobweb than anyother work of womans fingers. This is one… … I. Early Mechlin a brides.X 2. Later Mechlin a brides. 153 vtions

Lace and lace making

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