. 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 . ree forbade theproduction, sale, or use of any kind of thread point laces made with the needle,whether old or modern, except those made in the Royal manufactories. Frenchcharacteristics began to show themselves at the different factories, and the laces which had begun by being copiesof the Venice Point, and hadbeen called collectively Point deFrance, were soon distinguishedby their different charact
. 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 . ree forbade theproduction, sale, or use of any kind of thread point laces made with the needle,whether old or modern, except those made in the Royal manufactories. Frenchcharacteristics began to show themselves at the different factories, and the laces which had begun by being copiesof the Venice Point, and hadbeen called collectively Point deFrance, were soon distinguishedby their different characteristicsas Alencon, Argentan, etc. It was during the reign ofLouis XIV. that the Edict ofNantes was revoked, and thishad such a disastrous effect onthe French lace industry andassisted to such a vast extent inspreading the knowledge of lace-making in all the capitals ofEurope where there was religioustoleration, that it mav be con-sidered the act of legislationwhich has had the most im-portant influence of any on thehistory of lace. Through itFrance lost 500,000 of her bestcitizens, and it is said that whenLouis XV. asked Frederick theGreat what he could do forhim to show his gratitude, the. The revoca-tion of theEdict ofNantesspread theknowledge oflace - makingthroughoutEurope. Af£S,/Es1,\ BslPTISTF-\ ae Senrrur/ay. Curt-i rt/hr Oi -I Jntrrtdane Jsj ,/i;,-it. t7t-fa. crSrcf?ifti/\rt<:- Gjmmaridam+n Jean Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Lonis whoestablished the gTeat lace factories at Alenconand elsewhere, with a view to keeping in Francethe fortunes spent by the conrtiers on Venetianand Flemish laces. He wears a falling collar ofPoint de France. German sovereign asked for Asecond revocation of the Edictof Nantes, doubtless remem-bering that before the influx ofFrench emigrants, Berlin hadonly 15,000 inhabitants, and thatits silk, lace and other industries were practically non-existent. When Louis XIV. became so zealous for the welfare of the Roman CatholicChu
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