Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net; . Illustration 50.—Scottish Spindleand Whorl. duce the same beneficial effect upon the celebrated flax ofCourtrai. 79 Lacis At Bayonne they made the finest of linens, some ofwhich is made open like network, and the thread is finerthan hair. Some of the cambric or fine linen that wasspecially woven for the Normandy Cauchoise veils answers. n 51. —Italian Distaff. to this description, as it is distinctly //(/-like in the manner ofits weaving. The Netherlands and Holland linen are justlycelebrated, while the Brussels thread is wonder
Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net; . Illustration 50.—Scottish Spindleand Whorl. duce the same beneficial effect upon the celebrated flax ofCourtrai. 79 Lacis At Bayonne they made the finest of linens, some ofwhich is made open like network, and the thread is finerthan hair. Some of the cambric or fine linen that wasspecially woven for the Normandy Cauchoise veils answers. n 51. —Italian Distaff. to this description, as it is distinctly //(/-like in the manner ofits weaving. The Netherlands and Holland linen are justlycelebrated, while the Brussels thread is wonderfully fine, thefinest specimens being, as is well known, spun in damp, under-ground cellars. It is so fine as almost to escape the sight,80 Flax and from one pound of it lace to the value of £700 can bemade. I think I have brought enough evidence to show how
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