Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Hand-Made Lace of Paraguay. [ARTICLE]

Hand-Made Lace of Paraguay.

Among the “cottage” industries of Paraguay is the manufacture of a lace called “nanduti” (from the Guaranian word meaning web). The articles produced, which tore all made by hand, include parasol handkerchiefs, dollies, boleros, mantillas, table mats, shawls, edging and Insertion. The articles most popular with foreigners are parasol covers, mantillas, doilies, handkerchiefs and mats, these being made of silk or very fine cotton thread. These laces appear to be superior in quality and design to ,similar laces made in the Canary Islands and Mexico. The lace Is usually sold by peddling It from house to house, and has never been exported to any important degree. K