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 12
l severities inflictedupon them. For long hours at a stretch they werekept at work over the pillows, while severe punish- vments were inflicted for slightest infringement of rules, flThe wearing of the filmy fabric became almost a mania.Huge, ungainly headdresses, ruffs, petticoats and waist-coats… … :m coaches, for draperies and bedspreads and even for theembellishment of bathrooms. VALENCIENNES LACES WEREWOVEN IN DAMP CELLARS Valenciennes, perhaps the best-known and mostwidely-used of all laces, originated as a very delicatepillow lace, and has, of itself, a remarkable history.The town of…
Lace and lace making
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