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 18
iscountry, so increased the export duties on thread andlessened them on finished lace, that the industry inAmerica was nipped in the bud, and the workersdriven to stocking manufacture, while England gainedcontrol of the American lace market. Fortunately allEnglands efforts to prevent the spread of… … 15 FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMERICANLACEMAKING THE STORY OF ZION CITY I *HE first manufacture of lace on a large scale in-^ America was accomplished by John AlexanderDowie, an evangelist, who founded Zion City and theZion Lace Industries in Illinois in 1900. Besidesimporting the machines, Dr. Dowie brought…
Lace and lace making
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