Lace-Making in the town of Bruges, Belgium 1907
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Lace-Making in the town of Bruges, Belgium 1907
Mid-aged women working in their homes in Fladers on pillow lace-making. Working lots of hours for not much pay from seven in the morning till ten at night. The pattern is drawn full size on parchment, which is fastened to the pillow made to rest on their knee, parchment pins may be stuck at any required point. The pattern is then pricked over with pins holes at every point where pins require to be inserted in the sebsequent work of twisting and plaiting. Date: 1907
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