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 26
aknesses orimperfections in the thread. It is essentialthat these threads be evenly spun and ofuniform strength, for in the process of lace-making they are subjected to great strainand powerful tension. Some idea of thesplendid stock of this thread may begained from the knowledge that thread asfine… … AFTER inspection the skeins of yarn are- placed on revolving racks to bewound by machinery onto spools. Onemachine can wind 300,000 yards a day,the operators sole duty being to watchfor broken threads and to tie them. Herfingers must be nimble and her eyes alertto detect a break in the scores of…
Lace and lace making
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