Re: [lace] Lace ID reference books

2017-02-13 Thread Malvary Cole
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Re: [lace] Lace ID reference books

2017-02-13 Thread Malvary Cole
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[lace] Lace ID reference books

2017-02-12 Thread devonthein
In relation to what Alex was saying about Mechlin and what it meant in the 18th century, I think that Santina Levey says fairly early in her book that most of the terms we use now were coined by lace dealers in the late 19th and early 20th century, and would be unrecognizable to people in the era