. History of lace . Jewish.—Made in Syria. The pattern is only modern Torchon, but the knotting stitch is their peculiar tradition. Same size. Plate Spanish.—The upper one is a copy of Italian lace clumsily made. The lower is probablya dentelle de Moresse. Widths about 3J in. Photo by A. Dryden from Salviati & Collection. Tu face page 104. PORTUGAL 105 the al)seDce of all animals in the pattern, the representationof living creatures, either in painting, sculpture, or em-broider\, being stricth forl)idclen bv Mahommedan law. PORTUGAL. Point lace was held in high estimation in Port
. History of lace . Jewish.—Made in Syria. The pattern is only modern Torchon, but the knotting stitch is their peculiar tradition. Same size. Plate Spanish.—The upper one is a copy of Italian lace clumsily made. The lower is probablya dentelle de Moresse. Widths about 3J in. Photo by A. Dryden from Salviati & Collection. Tu face page 104. PORTUGAL 105 the al)seDce of all animals in the pattern, the representationof living creatures, either in painting, sculpture, or em-broider\, being stricth forl)idclen bv Mahommedan law. PORTUGAL. Point lace was held in high estimation in was no regular manufacture ; it formed the amusementof the nuns and a few women who worked at their ownhouses. The sumptuary law of 1749 put an end to allluxury among the laity. Even those who exposed suchwares as laces in the streets were ordered to quit the town. In 1729/ when Barbara, sister of eToseph, King ofPortugal, at seventeen years of age, married Ferdinand,Prince of Spain, l)efore (juitting Lisbon, she repaired to thechurch of the Madre de Dios, on the Tagus, and theresolemnly offered to the Virgin the jewels and a dress of
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