Lace
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An encyclopedia entry on lace from Rees's Cyclopedia. It describes handmade pillow (bobbin) lace, made with pricked parchment patterns, pins and bobbins, and the gimp thread that outlines the design. It then explains how Nottingham machine lace is made on adapted stocking frames, compares the structure of the mesh in each method, and notes the state of the Nottingham trade. It closes with the British import prohibitions on foreign lace and on gold and silver lace.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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