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 199
ame colour as if made of walnut wood. An illustration of some ornamented bobbins andalso of a Lace token will be found at the end ofthis chapter. The latter were used by employers of2 A 178 OF ENGLISH AND IRISH LACE labour as payment to their work-people at the endof the last century, when the… … An Old Lace Chest. The old oak chest shown above is another relicof the prosperous clays of lace-making in Buckingham-shire. The upper part was intended to hold thelace pillow, while the drawers below were to take the bobbins and patterns. It was shortly after the beginning of this century,…
Lace and lace making
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