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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919 · London : W. Heinemann; New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 156

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Plate LXXVIII. FOUR PATTERNS OF DUTCH LINEN LACE The outlines of conventional floral patterns are in chain stitch, and the fillings very various and finely executed Together 8 ft. 9 in. Gouda, iSth century … Plate LXXIX. u) MANILA LACE. (2 and 3) LACE WORKED IN NEEDLE-POINT No. I. A specimen of needlework called Manila lace, made upon a lijiht cambric-like stuff woven from fibre of great fineness. The fiowers are embroidered andthe whole ground of square meshes is worked by the needle, in the same way…

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