Sewing materials:Development of textiles. Cottons, linens, wools, silks, laces. (1923)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (Scranton, Pa.) · Scranton Pa., Womans's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences · leaf 110
ce was needed to fill the demand than could be supplied in England, so the English lace merchants bought up the finest Brussels laces and smuggled them into England under the name of English point or Point d’Angleterre. The original lace, how¬ ever, is purely an English lace and the chief portion… … 52. Filet lace, Fig. Hand-Made Filet 19, is a darned or em¬ broidered net woven into squares with a contin¬ uous thread, there being a knot at each corner of the square mesh. It is perhaps one of the most attractive and practical of the lingerie laces, and is excellent for blouses and dresses. Real…
Textile fabrics
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