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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret La Primaudaye, d. 1919 · London, W. Heinemann; New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 131

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late LV. TWO EXAMPLES OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE No. 1 is of silk needle-point lace with cordonnet, buttonholed in different sizes. This is a small portion, actual size, of the lace used toembellish the Jewish talith or silk mantle or scarf worn at prayers. Venetian, lyth centuryNo. 2. Border of… … Plate LVI. CAP OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE A RESEAU The desicn consists of a waved open ornamental riband device crossing a spray of conventional flowers. This lace may bedistinguished from Alencon by the use of a single thread instead of a buttonholed stitch in the cordonnet as well as by themake and lay…

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