Point and pillow lace : a short account of various kinds ancient and modern, and how to recognize them (1899)
Sharp, Mary · London : J. Murray · leaf 199
me colour as if made of walnut wood. An illustration of some ornamented bobbins andalso of a Lace token will be found at the end of this chapter. The latter were used by employers of2 A 173 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 aboye is another relicof the prosperous days 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, however,…
Lace and lace making
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