Lacemakers
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A 1903 travel account by Florence G. Weber describing her visit to European lace-making centers, including Santa Margherita, Cantù, Venice, Burano, Palestrina, Chioggia and Ghent. She compares Italian and Belgian lace, describes working conditions in factories, schools and a Béguinage, and explains how the Arts and Crafts Lace School in Boston reproduced pricking patterns by blueprint. Illustrated with photographs of lacemakers and of Burano lace pieces.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1903
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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