jag citerar från corsets and crinolines; sid. 157 early nineteenth-century Corsets "theworkwoman's Guide, by a lady, 1838
"Lace-Holes
Are generally worked in button-hole stich. Others insert in every hole a ring, called a patent lace hole; these are very durable, but are said to destroy the laces"
så det verkar som om det berodde på smak
