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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919 · London : W. Heinemann; New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 165

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Plate LXXXVII. BOBBIN-MADE LACE No. I. Fringed edging of bobbin-made lace. In both pieces the characteristic little seed shapes are freely used No. 2. Scalloped border of bobbin-made lace called collar lace, in which the ornament is formed chiefly by a continuous narrow toile or braid. The same… … Plate LXXXVIII. FIVE BOBBIN-MADE LACES (SLIGHTLY REDUCED IN SIZE) No. 1 a curious early pattern of lace made in Umbria Nos. 2 and 3 are Sicilian peasant laces No. 4 a lace called in Umbria piedi di gallina No. 5 a peasant lace called zcccatello Together 10 ft, 4 in. Italian, 16th century

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