Theory of Commerce, from the Spanish of Don. Ger. de Ustariz (Lond., 1751).
When the holidays of the Roman Catholic church are deducted, the work-days of the people amount only to 260 in the course of the year—fifty less than in a Protestant country.
Ford, Handbook of Spain.
1869.
"Now there are only two kinds of lace made in Spain; 'encaje de blonda,' mantillas, scarves, lace-ties, etc., in white and black; these are manufactured in Barcelona, on long pillows stuffed with long straw quite hard, covered with yellow or light blue linen. The lace is worked on a cardboard pattern, and with 'fuseaux' like the French torchon lace, the only difference being that the pillow is long and narrow and without the revolving cylinder in the centre, so that when making a long piece, or lace by the yard, the pins have to be taken out when you get to the bottom of the pillow, and the work removed to the top and continued. The mantillas, etc., are worked by pieces; that is to say, the border, flowers, and large designs, and are afterwards joined by the veil stitch.