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 86
ced threads on a pillow, though by knotting and not by plaiting as in the modern Pillow lace. It no doubt grew out of the knotted fringes that we see represented in Byzantine mosaics, or it may claim a still earlier origin in the same fringes as represented in ancient Assyrian sculpture. During the… … K Macrame, or Punto a Groppo.65 TF PUBL: AS-TILI ~) ORIGIN OF PILLOW LACE 67 The specimen shown in Illustration XIII. wasbought in Italy some fifty years ago, but the worksince then has been introduced into this country,and so many books of patterns and directions havebeen published that any…
Lace and lace making
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