. History of lace. edfor the infants garments is estimated at ^300.—Lives of the Princesses ofEngland. Vol. vi., p. 90. ^^ England is rich in monumentaleffigies decorated with lace—too manyto enmnerate. Among them we wouldinstance that of Alice, Countess ofDerby, died 1636, in Harefield Church,Middlesex, in which the lace is verycarefully —Communicatedbv Mr. Albert Hartshorne. 3* 1620-1. We have entries of fall-ing bands ofi good cambric, edgedwith beautiful bone lace, two dozen 322 HISTORY OF LACE gave way to the falling band, so familiar to us in theportraits of Eubens and Vandyk
. History of lace. edfor the infants garments is estimated at ^300.—Lives of the Princesses ofEngland. Vol. vi., p. 90. ^^ England is rich in monumentaleffigies decorated with lace—too manyto enmnerate. Among them we wouldinstance that of Alice, Countess ofDerby, died 1636, in Harefield Church,Middlesex, in which the lace is verycarefully —Communicatedbv Mr. Albert Hartshorne. 3* 1620-1. We have entries of fall-ing bands ofi good cambric, edgedwith beautiful bone lace, two dozen 322 HISTORY OF LACE gave way to the falling band, so familiar to us in theportraits of Eubens and Vandyke. There is such a deal of pinning these ruffs, when a fineclean fall is worth them all, says the Malcontent. If youshould chance to take a nap in the afternoon, your fallingband requires no poking-stick to recover it.^^ Cut-workstill continued in high favour; it was worn on every articleof linen, from the richly-wrought collar to the Medicean ruff or gorget of the Countess of Pembroke Fic^. Monument of the Pkincess Mary. + i607. Third daughter of James I. (Westminster Abbey.) ( Sidneys sister, Pembrokes mother ), with its elaborateborder of swans (Fig. 127), is a good illustration of thefashion of her time. Among the early entries of Prince Charles, we have fournightcaps of cut-work, £7,* for making two of whicli for his stitched and shagged, and cut-worknightcaps, purchased for James I., inthe same account, with 28s. for oneload of hay to stuff the woolsacks forthe Parliament House.—G. W. I. 18 to 19. In the same year, 1620, an English company exported a large quantity ofgold and silver lace to India for theKing of Golconda. ^•^ Malcontent. 1600. ^^ Extraordinary expenses, E. 0. JAMES I 323 Highness, garnished with gold and silver lace, Patrick Burkereceives £15;^^ but these modest entries are quite put toshame by those of his royal father, who, for ten yards ofneedlework lace pro le edginge ^ of his galiriculis vulgo Fig. 12
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