laceman

“Under this class comes the Quidnunc here pourtrayed; it is said to be intended for a Mr. Tibson, laceman, in the Strand, who paid more attention to the affairs of Europe, than to those of his own shop.”

The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency

“I afterwards entered a by-coffee-house that stood at the upper end of a narrow lane, where I met with a Nonjuror engaged very warmly with a laceman who was the great support of a neighboring conventicle.”

All About Coffee

“Close to Calais is a notable place enough, flourishing, too, founded after the great war by one Webster, an English laceman.”

A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg

“For days before, her chariot had been rolling the street from mercer to toyshop — from goldsmith to laceman: her taste was perfect, or at least the fond bridegroom had thought so, and had given her entire authority over all tradesmen, and for all the plate, furniture and equipages, with which his”

The History of Henry Esmond

“For days before, her chariot had been rolling the street from mercer to toyshop -- from goldsmith to laceman: her taste was perfect, or at least the fond bridegroom had thought so, and had given her entire authority over all tradesmen, and for all the plate, furniture and equipages, with which his Grace the Ambassador wished to adorn his splendid mission.”

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne

“The poor battered ark of government was left overturned, under the protection of an escort of assassins, in the ensanguined mud, upon the reeking bodies of its former, headless, bearers, until its new supporters had adjusted the rival pretensions of silk and satin, and had consulted the pattern book of the laceman in the choice of their embroidery.”

The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot.

“Mr. ----- the great laceman in Cheapside, and bought one cost me L4. more by”

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663

“So home and to dinner, and thence by coach to the Old Exchange, and there cheapened some laces for my wife, and then to Mr. ----- the great laceman in Cheapside, and bought one cost me L4. more by 20s. than I intended, but when I came to see them I was resolved to buy one worth wearing with credit, and so to the New Exchange, and there put it to making, and so to my Lord's lodgings and left my wife, and so I to the Committee of”

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete

““Madame Torrini, whom you will see presently, was the daughter of a retired laceman.”

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin