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HISTORY OF LACE.

The Greek islands now fabricate lace from the fibre of thealoe, and a black plaited lace similar to the Maltese. In Athens,

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ltoticella, or Greek lace. From Zante.

and other parts of Greece proper, a white silk lace is made, mostlyconsumed by the Jewish Church.

TURKEY.

“ The Turks wear no lace or cut stuff,” writes Moryson; 10winding up with, “ neither do the women wear lace or cutwork ontheir shirts; ” but a hundred and fifty years later, fashions arechanged in the East. The Grand Turk now issues sumptuary lawsagainst the wearing of gold lace “ on clothes and elsewhere.” 11

A fine white silk guipure is now made in modern Turkey atSmyrna and lihodes, Oriental in its style: this lace is formedwith the needlo or tambour hook. Lace or passementerie of similarworkmanship, called “oyah,” is also executed in colours repre-senting flowers, fruits, and foliage superposed, standing out inhigh relief from the ground. Numerous specimens were in theFrench International Exhibition of 1867.

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