The first patents were:—
1836. Hind and Draper took out one in France, and 1837 in England.
1838. Ferguson takes a patent at Cambrai under the name of his partner Jourdan.
1839. Crofton.
1841. Houston and Deverill, for the application of the Jacquard to the Leaver machine. The great manufactures of Nottingham and Calais are made on the Leaver Jacquard frame.
The first patterned net was produced, 1780, by E. Frost, the embroidery made by hand.
Cantor Lectures on the Art of Lace-Making. A. S. Cole. 1880.