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- ID
- c20
- Title
- The Lace-Makers
- Genre
- Essay
- Page Count
- 9
- Word Count
- 2420
- Publisher
- New Statesman and Nation
- Publication Year
- 1934
- Document Types
- Full-text Online
- Topics
- Rural Living
Bates pays tribute to the art of lace-making that flourished in central England.
The piece later became part of a collection of essays related to the rivers Ouse and Nen and the rural cultures in their valleys.
In the New Statesman and Nation (April 28, 1934, pp. 637-638, attached), Down the River (1937), Village Life and Labour (1939).
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