Lace, its origin and history . Real Real Point de Paris. 11 pj Lace: Its Origin and History. maids, and the common sailor, to avoid the obnoxious duties and cheatthe government. Grammont.—Grammont lace, so called from the town of Gram-mom, in Belgium, where it was originally manufactured, is of twokinds: (a) A cheap, white pillow lace, (b) A black silk lace, resem-bling the Chantilly blondes. These laces are made for flounces andshawls, and were used both in America and Europe. As compared withChantilly, the ground is coarser and the patterns are not so clear-cut andelegant as the re
Lace, its origin and history . Real Real Point de Paris. 11 pj Lace: Its Origin and History. maids, and the common sailor, to avoid the obnoxious duties and cheatthe government. Grammont.—Grammont lace, so called from the town of Gram-mom, in Belgium, where it was originally manufactured, is of twokinds: (a) A cheap, white pillow lace, (b) A black silk lace, resem-bling the Chantilly blondes. These laces are made for flounces andshawls, and were used both in America and Europe. As compared withChantilly, the ground is coarser and the patterns are not so clear-cut andelegant as the real Chantilly. GuEUSE.—A thread pillow lace made in France during the eight-eenth centurv. The ground of this lace was reseau, and the toile wasworked with a thicker thread than the ground. It was formerly anarticle of extensive consumption in France, but, after the beginning ofthe nineteenth century, it was little used, except by the poorer was formerly called Beggars lace. Guipure.—It was originally a kind of lace or passem
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