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 32
hin-ery. Caustics, soap and soda are used inscouring the lace. The washing process, in another tub, isalso carried on on the same principle-pounding of electrically-operated woodenmallets on the fabric to loosen the dirt.It is then bleached with solutions of limeand acid. After rewashing, the goods… … AFTER coming from the wringer, thelaces are run through a thin solutionof starch to give them body and dress. Then the great spread is ready for thelong drying frame. 11 takes many workersto hold the mass of material off the floorand adjust it to the sides of the mammothframe, which is fashioned…
Lace and lace making
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