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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… present a pleasing appearance. The making of white thread-lace and edging, and straw-plat, affords employment to a … to Wellingborough. The manufacture of shoes by men, and of lace by women, is carried on; and stone is quarried for the …
Old and New London
… articles taxed, together with wine, silks, fur, hats, and lace. There were riots in London about the new system, and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… FRINGE, FRIZADO, FUSTIAN, GARTERING, GAUZE, GELDING, gimp lace, GLASS CASE, GLOVES, GOWN, GRATE, GROGRAM, HAIR, … JACKET, JAR, JENNET, JERSEY, JUSTAUCORPS, KETTLE, KNIFE, LACE, LARCH, LASTING, LATCH, LEATHER, LOOKING GLASS, … than in other colour combinations. Found describing LACE, SAY See also BLUE AND WHITE. Sources: Inventories …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a careless and shortened way of writing BLACK - PARCHMENT LACE. All examples noted in the Dictionary Archive have been … and most of them were listed among the varieties of LACE. Black parchment lace would no doubt have found a market in the MOURNING …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Blackamore linen - Blown lace Blackamore linen [blackamore linen; blackamore lin; … Sources: Inventories (mid-period), Tradecards. Blown lace A form of HABERDASHERY and found in a list of 'Fancy and … COMETs and POMPONs and labelled as 'laces' rather than 'lace'. Not found in the OED online Sources: Tradecards. …
Old and New London
… all over embroidered with flat gold of damask with small lace mixed between of the same gold, and other laces of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… being one of the best in the kingdom. The manufacture of lace of a very fine quality, equal, if not superior, to that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and females find employment by making cotton and blond lace by hand on pillows. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… knitters of stockings, and in glove-making and running lace. A fair for sheep is held on Old Michaelmas-day. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the females are employed in the manufacture of pillow-lace, and in preparing straw-bonnet plat. In the reign of …