Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)
Sharp, Mary, 1903- · London: J. Murray · leaf 82
Cencia was still older whenin 1872 an unusually severe winter reduced theinhabitants of Burano to great straits of poverty.The population was at the time entirely dependenton fishery for the means of existence, and whenthe canals and lagoons were for weeks covered withice, wholesale starvation… … I 57 REVIVAL OF BURANO LACE 59 sum was raised, part of which was immediatelyspent in alleviating the distress, and with whatremained, as a more permanent source of help andcomfort to these poor people, a school was startedin which it was hoped that the lost Art of lace-making, so profitable in the…
Lace and lace making
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