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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 8

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THE LEGEND OF THE ADRIATIC CENTURIES ago, so it is told, a young fishermanof the Adriatic was betrothed to a beautiful girlwho wove, in her island home, a strong fishing net forher lover. When first he cast it into the sea and liftedit from the depths, a wonderful web of glistening sea-weed came to…

Lace and lace making

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