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 9
the seaweed web. Slowly she unplaitedthem one by one, discovering the secret of the weave;and gradually the thought of reproducing it came toher. For days she worked with thread following thepattern of the beloved gift, until at last a duplicatefar more beautiful was completed; and thus wascreated… … the zenith of power of the Venetian Republic. Drastic-^ laws were enacted to restrain the wave of extravagance~--\ and expenditure following its introduction. Lavish dis-play of this exquisite lace approached a mania, and anew industry of tremendous proportions had its in-ception in the great…
Lace and lace making
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