Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)
Sharp, Mary · London, J. Murray · leaf 134
PILLOW LACE. This most beautiful of French Pillow laces isnow no longer made in France itself, its manufacturehaving been transferred to Ypres, in Belgium. It belongs to that class of Pillow lace which Ismade in one piece on the pillow, the same threadsforming both toile and reseau alike. The… … lo.S VALENCIENNES LACE 105 these characteristics may always be recognised, there is a very great difference between the earlier and the later styles of the Lace. In the preceding pages it has been explained that the earliest Pillow lace was not made with the reseau ground; on the contrary, this was…
Lace and lace making
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