Gold and Silver Lace, Part II
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Part II of M. Jourdain's article on gold and silver (metal) lace in The Connoisseur, surveying its history in France (Lyons, Paris, Aurillac), Sicily, Switzerland, Russia and England. It draws on museum specimens, inventories, sumptuary laws, patents, and petitions, especially for English gold thread monopolies, fraud, and import prohibitions from the 13th to the 18th century. Illustrated with photographs of 18th-century French, Italian, and Russian metal lace.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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