History of Lace

by Mrs. Bury Palliser

Plate XXXII.

Jewish.—Made in Syria. The pattern is only modern Torchon, but the knotting stitch is their peculiar tradition. Same size.

Plate XXXIII.

Spanish.—The upper one is a copy of Italian lace clumsily made. The lower is probably a "dentelle de Moresse." Widths about 3½ in.

Photo by A. Dryden from Salviati & Co.'s Collection.

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PORTUGAL.

Point lace was held in high estimation in Portugal. There was no regular manufacture; it formed the amusement of the nuns and a few women who worked at their own houses. The sumptuary law of 1749 put an end to all luxury among the laity. Even those who exposed such wares as laces in the streets were ordered to quit the town.[^[311]]