Lace
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A short encyclopedia entry defining lace as a fabric of gold, silver, silk or thread worked on a cushion with spindles. It names lace types by place or method, including Point, Brussels or Flanders lace and English blond or bone-lace from Buckinghamshire. It also gives practical advice on restoring tarnished gold or silver lace with warmed spirit of wine and on recovering the metal from old lace by boiling in soap-ley.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1821
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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