Old Handmade Lace: With a Dictionary of LaceProfusely illustrated, authoritative study traces evolution of lace-making from ancient Egypt to late 19th century. |
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Page 88
... needle- point , on the contrary , frequent knots impede the unravelling of the thread , and in bobbin - lace the unplaiting is a tedious process . The mesh ground in machine net is perfectly round and even : in needle - point lace it is ...
... needle- point , on the contrary , frequent knots impede the unravelling of the thread , and in bobbin - lace the unplaiting is a tedious process . The mesh ground in machine net is perfectly round and even : in needle - point lace it is ...
Page 183
... needle and partly with bobbins , such as the Honiton sprays , or to needle - point or bobbin sprigs mounted on machine - made net . Modern Point Lace . In the middle of the nineteenth century a desire to imitate the Renaissance laces of ...
... needle and partly with bobbins , such as the Honiton sprays , or to needle - point or bobbin sprigs mounted on machine - made net . Modern Point Lace . In the middle of the nineteenth century a desire to imitate the Renaissance laces of ...
Page 215
... needle - point and bobbin laces are worked . PASSEMENTERIE . - The old name for lace - workers ; the word is now used for all kinds of fringes , ribbons , and gimp for dress trimmings . PEARLS OR PURLS . - The same as Bars . The ...
... needle - point and bobbin laces are worked . PASSEMENTERIE . - The old name for lace - workers ; the word is now used for all kinds of fringes , ribbons , and gimp for dress trimmings . PEARLS OR PURLS . - The same as Bars . The ...
Contents
THE EVOLUTION OF LACE | 1 |
ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL LACE | 11 |
ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF LACE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 23 |
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Alençon lace Argentan artistic beautiful blonde lace bobbin lace Bobbin-made Lace bone lace brides Brussels lace Burano Burano lace Chantilly Church coarse cordonnet cut-work Darned Netting Dentelle Devonshire drawn-work dress edge eighteenth century embroidery England fabric fashion finest Flanders flax thread Flemish flounce flowers gold and silver gold lace ground Guipure Honiton lace inches wide Italy kind of lace knotted lace lace industry lace trade lace-making lace-trimmed ladies lappets Lille Lille lace linen Louis XIV machine-made Macramé manufacture Mechlin mesh muslin needle needle-point and bobbin needle-point lace nineteenth century ornamented Paris pattern books peasants pillow lace plaited Point d'Alençon Point d'Angleterre Point de France Point de Venise point lace present day Punto Queen réseau Reticella seventeenth century silk lace sixteenth century sometimes specimens sprigs stitches thread lace trimming twisted Valenciennes Valenciennes lace variety Venetian Point Venice wearing women workers worn