Excerpt from The Romance of Lace: Its Historical Background, Its Present Manufacture, Its Varieties and Uses Katherine of Aragon did much to revive the lace industry; in fact, it is reported that in a time of business depression this queen destroyed her own precious laces in order to provide employment for the lace workers. Her name is still fondly remembered in many of the small villages where her memory is regularly honored by festivities on St. Katherine's Day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.