. History of lace. The finest quality is spun in dark under-ground rocmis. for contact with the dry air causes the thread » :Mercurc Galant. 1678. 1758. Arch. Nat. ^ Deux paires de manchettes et - Mrs. CalderwooiVs Joarnrt/ ime cravatte de point dAngletene.— through Holland and Belgium, 17)(i. Inventairc d. Anne d^Escouhleau, Ba- Printed by the Maitland Club. ronne de Souidis, veuve de Francois ^- Flax is also cultivated solely for de Simiane. Arch. Nat. M. M. 802. lace and cambric thread at St. Nicholas, - Inv. ajn-es le deces de Mgr. Mich. Tournay, and Courtrai. The process Philij)pine de la
. History of lace. The finest quality is spun in dark under-ground rocmis. for contact with the dry air causes the thread » :Mercurc Galant. 1678. 1758. Arch. Nat. ^ Deux paires de manchettes et - Mrs. CalderwooiVs Joarnrt/ ime cravatte de point dAngletene.— through Holland and Belgium, 17)(i. Inventairc d. Anne d^Escouhleau, Ba- Printed by the Maitland Club. ronne de Souidis, veuve de Francois ^- Flax is also cultivated solely for de Simiane. Arch. Nat. M. M. 802. lace and cambric thread at St. Nicholas, - Inv. ajn-es le deces de Mgr. Mich. Tournay, and Courtrai. The process Philij)pine de la Vrilliere, Fatriarche, of steeping {rouissage) principally takes Archeveque de Bonrges, 1694. ]3ib. place at Ccurtrai, the clearness of the Nat. MSS. F. Fr. 11,426. waters of the Lys rendering them * Une toilette et sa touaille avec un peculiarly fitted for the purpose. Sa- peignoir de point dAngleterre.—Inv. vary states that fine thread was fii-st de dcccs de Madenioisrlle de CJiaroUais. spun at Mechlin. fco. To fare page 118. BRUSSELS 119 to break, so tine is it as almost to escape the sight. Thefeel of the thread as it passes through the fingers is thesurest guide. The thread-spinner closely examines everyinch drawn from her distaff, and when any inequality occursstops her wheel to repair the mischief. Every artificialhelp is given to the eye. A background of dark paper isplaced to throw out the thread, and the room so arranged asto admit one single ray of light upon the work. The life ofa Flemish thread-spinner is unhealthy, and her work requiresthe greatest skill; her wages are therefore proportionably is the fineness of the thread which renders the realBrussels ground {vrai reseau, called in Flanders, droschel )so costly.^^ The difiiculty of procuring this fine threadat any cost prevented the art being established in othercountries. We all know how, during the last fifty yearsof the bygone century, a mania existed in the UnitedKingdom for improving all sorts
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