A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Lace in the Victoria and Albert Museum, by the late Mrs. Bury Palliser. Third edition, revised and enlarged by A. S. Cole.
Edinburgh Advertiser, 1764.
There is no corroboration of Mrs. Palliser's statement above that lace was ever made in Malta; if so, it would have been of the Genoese geometrical kind, of which Lady Hamilton Chichester adapted the designs and evolved what is now known as Maltese lace by the aid of workers imported from Genoa. The Maltese cross has been introduced into the designs as a distinguishing mark.
"A lace of similar character (Maltese) has also been made successfully in the missionary schools at Madras" (Mrs. Palliser).
Lefébure, Embroidery and Lace.