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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 44

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INT DE PARIS This lace was a narrow pillow lace notunlike Brussels, but as now made bymachine, is of cotton. It is a very richlace, made on a net ground with figuresoutlined with heavy thread. Point deParis is distinguished by the net, which isof hexagonal mesh. SPANISH Spanish is a misleading… … A /ion Torchon pillow guipure loosely woven ot white,gold and silver threads. During the in-vasion of Napoleon many laces in Spainwere confiscated from the churches anddisposed of in various markets as Spanishlaces, though the majority were not such.The most famous Spanish laces are RosePoint,…

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