CROCHET LACE.
At tlie party given in honour of the King's birthday at Government:, Housed, says'-;£ Melbourne,;;-:: ;papjr,: nothing was-irtbre. noticeable :than'-the;-,,' amount , of: crocheted -- lace I worn.- t One very fortunate. .womAji .had the -wholo: of .tlio. upper' , : 'J part' of her bodios tuado.'bf crochct lace;nearly . ;; 200 years old. l'ho history of the laoo onlt =
■ : l*>e3-hacktwo centuri,js.---There wora-'two -long . peats "of Irish-crochet, and scores of gowns , inlet with very fino croehcted lace. Coats with ' largebuttons.oftonyhad-, those; buttons-"wound r>i -Vcolours—niauvo ovar grey, looking, specially well—and on- more - , : thanv ona/hat; crock?: t • ,' ; vork ..was in evidpnoe. ;-3:.So®® ;of ( Jtheibest-.'of3the. . work' .was doriaV in i odours firia,.cottons -ahHHiriens;:, ..Thisris-; a new departure,-'since -coloured cr'obhet has hitherto been' anything but: a thing of '.beauty, r 1 • •A'ibroad band, or-linen orochet, with a design i \fork«d■:•iß with i'X'- was .another beautiful development. : The 1 V;. '\'' :Jack:'is ;, strong to'' stand-'''really i hard v.- weary-and .that,. Qoinbin-sd-with ;its. rebl beiiuty, fflaltes "it.'. a'.-.'formidable ,rival,to '.many other . • attractive varieties.'.• •- ,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 10
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162CROCHET LACE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 10
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