Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . Fig. 122.—Bobbin or pillow-madepassement (Musee des Arts decoratifs.) TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. 267 told of an old woman—somewhat of a sorceress, nodoubt—who, noticing the kindly devotion of the goodChatelaine of St. Annaberg in instructing the poorpeasant women to make pillow lace, foretold thatSt. Anne would reward her in making her children. [Fig. 123. — Portrait attributed to Van Mierevelt, 1568—1641(belonging to M. G. Duples
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . Fig. 122.—Bobbin or pillow-madepassement (Musee des Arts decoratifs.) TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. 267 told of an old woman—somewhat of a sorceress, nodoubt—who, noticing the kindly devotion of the goodChatelaine of St. Annaberg in instructing the poorpeasant women to make pillow lace, foretold thatSt. Anne would reward her in making her children. [Fig. 123. — Portrait attributed to Van Mierevelt, 1568—1641(belonging to M. G. Duplessis). prosper, in allowing none to die during her lifetime,and in multiplying their descendants so that theyshould be as numerous as the bobbins in the prediction was approximately verified, since, onher death in 1575, Barbara Uttmann left sixty-fivechildren and grandchildren. 268 II. LACES. In Spain, fine and rich fabrics made at the different hotels des Tiraz weregreatly esteemed ;and silk and gold andsilver thread passe-ments were freelyproduced to adornthem. These passe-ments were for a longtime known underthe name of Spanishpoints (Points dEs-pagne), on account ofthe admirable work-manship displayed inthem. Finesse was notperhaps so markeda quality in them asthat of glittering andmassive effect. Thischaracteristic makesit easy to distinguisha Point dEspagnewhen one happensto meet with it (). Belgium and Hol-land were noted, notfor pillow laces made
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