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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With a Dictionary of Lace Emily Jackson. The net ground in hand - made lace ... point , are never seen in machine laces ; up to the present time , however ... needle- point , on the contrary , frequent knots impede the unravelling of the ...
With a Dictionary of Lace Emily Jackson. The net ground in hand - made lace ... point , are never seen in machine laces ; up to the present time , however ... needle- point , on the contrary , frequent knots impede the unravelling of the ...
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... Lace . The name sometimes applied to lace partly made with the 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 ...
... Lace . The name sometimes applied to lace partly made with the 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 ...
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With a Dictionary of Lace Emily Jackson. technical peculiarity that a single needle and thread are alone used in its manufac- ture , but the word " point " is used by connoisseurs and experts for both needle and bobbin kinds to designate ...
With a Dictionary of Lace Emily Jackson. technical peculiarity that a single needle and thread are alone used in its manufac- ture , but the word " point " is used by connoisseurs and experts for both needle and bobbin kinds to designate ...
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