. History of lace. mentionedby old Robert Wace as sending its sons to the conquest ofEngland.^ It was here the mother of Henry H. retired in1130 ; and the imperial eagle borne as the arms of the townis said to be a memorial of her long sojourn. Here the firstPlantagenet held the cour pleniere, in which the invasionof Ireland was arranged; and it was here he uttered thoserash words which prompted his adlierents to leave Argentanto assassinate Thomas a Becket.^ But, apart from historic recollections, Argentan is cele-brated for its point lace. A bureau for points de Francewas established at Aroe
. History of lace. mentionedby old Robert Wace as sending its sons to the conquest ofEngland.^ It was here the mother of Henry H. retired in1130 ; and the imperial eagle borne as the arms of the townis said to be a memorial of her long sojourn. Here the firstPlantagenet held the cour pleniere, in which the invasionof Ireland was arranged; and it was here he uttered thoserash words which prompted his adlierents to leave Argentanto assassinate Thomas a Becket.^ But, apart from historic recollections, Argentan is cele-brated for its point lace. A bureau for points de Francewas established at Aroentan at the same time as the bureauat Aleneon (1665), and was also under the direction ofMadame Rafiy. In a letter dated November 23rd, 1665,she writes to Colbert: Je suis tres satisfaite de la publicationa son de trompe dun arret qui ordonne aux ouvrieres ^ Li boen citean de Eoem, ^ Henry founded a chapel at Ar- E la Jovante de Caem, gentan to St. Thomas of Canter- E de Falaise e dArgentoen. bury.—Bomaii de Point dAegentan.—Modern reproduction at Burano of the flounce now belougiiis evidently wrong, as the design and execution is of fifty Plate LVI.
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