Point and pillow lace : a short account of various kinds ancient and modern, and how to recognize them (1899)
Sharp, Mary, 1903- · London : J. Murray · leaf 202
178 OF ENGLISH AND IRISH LACE labour as payment to their work-people at the end of the last century, when the country seems to have suffered from a scarcity of mint-coined money. They were issued as country bank-notes are now, and were redeemable at a fixed rate when presented to the central… … An Old Lace Chest. The old oak chest shown above is another relic of the prosperous days of lace-making in Buckingham- shire. The upper part was intended to hold the lace 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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