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Plate LXXXI. THREE SPECIMENS OF EARLY IRISH NEEDLE-POINT LACE

No. 1 has a tape introduced. No. 3 is the so-called Carrickmacross lace (first made about 1848)

Together 6 ft.

About 1848

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Plate LXXXII. SPECIMEN OF KNOTTED AND TWISTED STRING OR THREAD WORK, CALLED MACRAMÉ