FOUR CHAPTERS ON LACE

HISTORIANS and bibliographers-the romancists and Dry-as-Dusts of Laceland-have had many a hard fight over the comparative antiquity of needle-point and pillow-lace. The slender texture of actual fact has been filled in with flowers of conjecture, until the seeker for truth stands aghast at the mass...

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Published in:All the year round 1876-06, Vol.16 (393), p.294-300
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Language:English
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Summary:HISTORIANS and bibliographers-the romancists and Dry-as-Dusts of Laceland-have had many a hard fight over the comparative antiquity of needle-point and pillow-lace. The slender texture of actual fact has been filled in with flowers of conjecture, until the seeker for truth stands aghast at the mass of conflicting testimony.
ISSN:2043-1104