【實用書籍app】LACE Its Origin and History|最夯免費app-綠色工廠好玩App

"I have here only a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them together."—Montaigne.

The task of the author of this work has not been an attempt to brush the dust of ages from the early history of lace in the hope of contributing to the world's store of knowledge on the subject. His purpose, rather, has been to present to those whose relation to lace is primarily a commercial one a compendium that may, perchance, in times of doubt, serve as a practical guide.

Though this plan has been adhered to as closely as possible, the history of lace is so interwoven with life's comedies and tragedies, extending back over five centuries, that there must be, here and there in the following pages, a reminiscent tinge of this association.