In the Philippine Islands the natives work Manilla grass into a sort of drawn thread-work or tatting.
1756. Point d'Espagne hats.—Connoisseur.
Beckmann, in his History of Inventions, says that "It was a fashion to give the name of Spanish to all kinds of novelties, such as Spanish flies, Spanish wax, Spanish green, Spanish grass, Spanish seed, and others."
A. S. Cole. "Cantor Lectures on the Art of Lace-Making."
Livre Nouveau de Patrons and Fleurs des Patrons give various stitches to be executed "en fil d'or, d'argent, de soie, et d'autres." Both printed at Lyons. The first has no date; the second, 1549. Le Pompe, Venezia, 1559, has "diversi sorti di mostre per poter far, d'oro, di sete, di filo," etc.