. History of lace . scarcelychanged since the sixteenth century, may be found in theWearlmj Book pul)lished at Stockholm in 1828. Towards the end of 1500 the term passement appearsin general use, in an inventory of Pontus de Gardia. In the neiohbourhood of Wadstena old soldiers, as wellas women, may be seen of a summers evening sitting at thecottage doors makino- lace. Though no other lace manu-factory can be said to exist in Sweden beyond that ofWadstena, still a coarse bobbin lace is made l)y the peasantryfor home consumption. The author has received from theCountess Elizabeth Piper, late Gr
. History of lace . scarcelychanged since the sixteenth century, may be found in theWearlmj Book pul)lished at Stockholm in 1828. Towards the end of 1500 the term passement appearsin general use, in an inventory of Pontus de Gardia. In the neiohbourhood of Wadstena old soldiers, as wellas women, may be seen of a summers evening sitting at thecottage doors makino- lace. Though no other lace manu-factory can be said to exist in Sweden beyond that ofWadstena, still a coarse bobbin lace is made l)y the peasantryfor home consumption. The author has received from theCountess Elizabeth Piper, late Grande Maitresse to herMajesty the Queen of Sweden, specimens of coarse pillowlaces, worked by the Scanian peasant women, which, shewrites, form a favourite occupation for the women of ourprovince. ^ Inthe Victoria and Albert Museum Leipzig, 1746. Handholc for ungatlicre is a collection of ^ian cut- Fruniimmcr, by Ekenniark. Stock-work of the eighteenth centui*y. holm, 1826-28. ^ Weber. Bilherhuch. Plate Russian.—Part of a long border setting forth a Procession. Lacis and embroidery in silk. The luce is bobbin-made in thread. Reseau similar to Valenciennes. The Russian thread is good quality linen. Size of portion shown 18^ x 14 in. The property of Madame Pogosky. Photo by A. Dryden. To face page 280, ^ WED EN 281 Latterly this manufacture lias been protected and theworkwomen carefully directed. Far more curious are the laces made by the peasants ofDalecarlia, still retaining the patterns used in the rest ofEurope two hundred years since. The Inoader^^ kinds, ofwhich we give a woodcut (Fig. 1I7)> are from Gaguef, thatpart of Dalecarlia where laces are mostly made and women wear them on their summer caps, muchstarched, as a shelter against the sun. Others, of an Fig. 117.
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