History of Lace

by Mrs. Bury Palliser

[296]

Ibid. Vol. xvii., p. 294.

[297]

"The manufacture of silk lace or blonde in Almagro occupies from 12,000 to 13,000 people" (Mrs. Palliser, 1869). Modern torchon laces are still made at Almagro to a very large extent (1901).

[298]

Madrid, 1788.

[299]

Madrid, 1797.

[300]

Senor Juan F. Riano, The Industrial Arts in Spain, "Lace" (London, 1879).