In searching about spanier albeit, I ran across this book "Decorative Textiles" by George Leland Hunter, which has a chapter on laces beginning on page 83 (if memory serves), if it is of interest to anyone. I didn't take the time to look at it thoroughly.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33783849/Decorative-textiles-1918 So far I only found references to Spanier being the German word for Spanish (at least in the context of a last name.) There is a list of Jewish surnames here: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/kolomea/nameorigin.htm Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
