For this information, with a collection of specimens, the author has to thank Madame Petre of Gefle.
The Russian bobbins are interesting by reason of their archaic simplicity. Lacking any trace of decoration, whether suggested by sentimental fancy or artistic taste, they are purely utilitarian, mere sticks of wood, more or less straight and smooth, and six or seven inches long.
A depôt has been opened in London, where Russian laces and embroidery of all kinds are shown.
Rot. Parl. 37 Edw. III. Printed. P. 278, Col. 2, No. 26.
See her monument in Westminster Abbey.—Sandford's Genealogical History.