. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . Rare specimen of Bobbin-made Lace ofunusual width and degraded ornamentresembling- the Peasant Lace of each scallop a man with upliftedarms holds a flagon, and on either sideare deer. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 25. Madame Verbiest, by Gonzales Coqnes. 1664. One of the firstpictorial representations of straight-edged lace which by thistime rivalled the early scalloped edges in popular favour. In 1
. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . Rare specimen of Bobbin-made Lace ofunusual width and degraded ornamentresembling- the Peasant Lace of each scallop a man with upliftedarms holds a flagon, and on either sideare deer. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 25. Madame Verbiest, by Gonzales Coqnes. 1664. One of the firstpictorial representations of straight-edged lace which by thistime rivalled the early scalloped edges in popular favour. In 1594, 1600, 1601, and 1606, Henri IV., his successor, made otherSumptuary laws and abided by them himself, wearing a doublet of taffetywithout either trimming or lace ; and Sully, his minister, prohibited under pain of corporal punishment any dealings withforeign lace merchants. It is necessary,he said, to rid ourselves of our neighboursgoods which deluge the country. As long as Marie de Medicis lived, the The Medicisupstanding collar worn at the back of the collar, whichdress, which still bears the name of the lfj5LS0Medicis collar, was used with its edgings was introof fine lace. The ruin of the nobles onaccount of their extravagance in dressbecoming imminent, in 1613 the Queenpublished the Reglement pour les super-fluids des habits, in which the wearing of lace and embroidery was forbidden.
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