Nacré work was sometimes used in Northern Europe to decorate borders of Christian liturgical vestments. In general, nacré work had gone out of fashion in Northern Europe by the late nineteenth century.
Source: CAULFEILD, Sophia Frances Anne and Blanche C. SAWARD (1882). The Dictionary of Needlework, London: L. Upcott Gill, p. 352.
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