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 11
LACE IN ENGLAND—KATHERINE OF ARAGON Crude lace was made in England in the 17th century.However, it did not compare with Flemish lacesbeing produced at the time, and the English peoplebegan buying laces from Flanders in such vast quan-tities that it was necessary to pass summary laws torestrain the… … laces, and encouraged Flemish lacemakers to settle in England. However, the necessary flax was not forth- w coming; the lace thus produced was of so poor a quality <| that English merchants finally resolved on the desper-ate recourse of combining to buy the finest laces of theBelgian markets.…
Lace and lace making
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