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 94
PillowGuipure, and is very far from attaining to therichness of Needle Point. It has been said, though with what amount oftruth we do not know, that this Lace originated inNaples, and was meant to supply the poorer folk witha cheap imitation of the rich Point laces worn bythe Court. There seems no… … H s <u 3 a, 73 COLLAR LACE 75 GENOESE LACE.(//. Punto di Genoa.) As Venice was the great centre for Needle-point,so was Genoa for Pillow lace-making in Italy, andduring the greater part of the seventeenth centurya constant supply was produced in that town andits neighbourhood of the handsome…
Lace and lace making
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