The romance of lace, its historical background, its present manufacture, its varieties and uses (1920)
Zion Lace Industries, Marshall Field & Company · Chicago, Zion lace industries, owned and operated by Marshall Field & company · leaf 15
VENICE—FIRST IN THE PRODUCTIONOF BEAUTIFUL LACE Of all lace centers, Venice, Queen of the Adriatic,held her place as peer, guarding jealously the precioussecrets by which she produced the most noteworthy 11 … examples of beautiful laces in existence, laying tributeon the entire civilized world and filling the coffers ofher church to overflowing. In that age the power ofthe church was absolute. It sought to subsidize thelace industry, and to keep the precious products exclu-sively for adorning altars and…
Lace and lace making
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