. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . l alsoproduces a very delicate species of grassutilised for the purpose of hat and bonnetmaking, the article made being formedof one piece, like those of Leghorn. Suffolk Lace. Bobbin-made lace of little artisticpretension. The designs are of thepeasant Torchon variety, and are carriedout in threads of varying thickness,coarser threads being frequently usedto outline the pattern. Swedish Laces. The
. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . l alsoproduces a very delicate species of grassutilised for the purpose of hat and bonnetmaking, the article made being formedof one piece, like those of Leghorn. Suffolk Lace. Bobbin-made lace of little artisticpretension. The designs are of thepeasant Torchon variety, and are carriedout in threads of varying thickness,coarser threads being frequently usedto outline the pattern. Swedish Laces. The art of lace-making was, accord-ing to tradition, introduced into Swedenby St. Bridget, who died in 1335. His-tory tells that, in the Middle Ages, thenuns at Wadstena Knit their lace ofgold and silk. From knitting to laceis an easy transiiion. At the suppres-sion of the monasteries in the reign ofCharles IX., a few nuns too old andinfirm to sail with their sisters to Polandremained in Sweden and continued theiroccupation of lace-making, then a secretart. The patterns of Swedish laces aresimple; narrow plaited kinds are themost usual. Knotted thread lace wasmade, also darned net and cut-work,. Suffolk Bobbin-made Lace ; nineteenthcentury. A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 201 which were called Holesom. This last is still much used by the Swedishhousewives for adorning their household linen. A common kind of twistedthread lace resembling Torchon is now made in many parts of Sweden, chieflyby the peasants for home consumption. Swiss Lace. In 1572, a merchant of Lyons, escaped from the Massacre of St. Bartholomew,concealed himself in a bale of goods and reached Geneva in safety. One of hisdescendants took the opportunity, when the revocation of the Edict of Nantesflooded the city with refugee lace-makers, to gather two thousand of them into hisservice and set up a factory; the produce of this industry was smuggled backinto France, to the great profit of the lace-makers, and much to the annoyanc
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