The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750 - 1840
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2003. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 156 pp. 83 bw plates. Amazon--In its lace making heyday in the late eighteenth century, Ipswich, Massachusetts boasted 600 lace makers in a town of only 601 households. George Washington himself, a lace afficionado, paid a visit to Ipswich..... More