Pillow Lace Maker. Mezzotint by WN Gardner (1766-1814) after painting by Ann Jonnet Evans. Idealised picture of Bedfordshire lacemaker working at her cottage door. The pattern to be worked would be pricked out on strip of parchment.
Pillow Lace Maker. Mezzotint by WN Gardner (1766-1814) after painting by Ann Jonnet Evans. Idealised picture of Bedfordshire lacemaker working at her cottage door. The pattern to be worked would be pricked out on strip of parchment.
Size: 3750px × 4500px
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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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