. History of lace . Gur-bert. P. 99. Mtinoires ChronoJogiqiics j^^^f servir a VHistoire de Dieppe, par 1785. ^^ Notices sitr Dicjjpe, Arqioes, etc.,par P. J. l-et. 1824. 220 HISTORY OF LACE names to their different laces—vierge, Ave Maria,etc. (Fig. 99)•—and the designation of Poussin (chicken) is given to the lacein question from the delicacy of its workmanship. Point de Dieppe (Fig. 100) much resembles A alenciennes^but is less complicated in its make. It requires much fewerbobbins, and whereas Valenciennes can only l)e made inlenoths of eio;ht inches detachino- the
. History of lace . Gur-bert. P. 99. Mtinoires ChronoJogiqiics j^^^f servir a VHistoire de Dieppe, par 1785. ^^ Notices sitr Dicjjpe, Arqioes, etc.,par P. J. l-et. 1824. 220 HISTORY OF LACE names to their different laces—vierge, Ave Maria,etc. (Fig. 99)•—and the designation of Poussin (chicken) is given to the lacein question from the delicacy of its workmanship. Point de Dieppe (Fig. 100) much resembles A alenciennes^but is less complicated in its make. It requires much fewerbobbins, and whereas Valenciennes can only l)e made inlenoths of eio;ht inches detachino- the lace from thepillow, the Dieppe point is not taken off, but rolled.^ It isnow no Ion Oer made. In 1826 a lace school was establishedat Dieppe, under the direction of two sisters from the C^onventof La Providence at Eouen, patronized by the Duchessede Berri, the Queen of the French, and the EmpressEugenie. The exertions of the sisters have been mostsuccessful. In 1842 they received the gold medal for Fig. A\i; having, by the substitution of the Valenciennes for the oldDieppe stitch, introduced a new industry into the depart-ment. They make Valenciennes of every width, and aremost expert in the square grounds of the Belgian Aalen-ciennes, made entirely of flax thread, unmixed- with cotton,and at most reasonable prices. ^^ iV very pretty double-grounded old Normandy lace, greatl}used for caps, w^as generally known under the name of Dentelle a la Vierge (Fig. 101). We find only onemention of a lace so designated, and that in the inventorymade in 1785, after the death of Louis-Philippe, Duke of - Peuchet, of Dieppe, says : Onne fait pas la dentelle en roulant lesfuseaux sur le coussin, niais en r_\-jetant. • Almanacli dc Diepjjc jjonr 1847. The Author has to express herthanks to S(inu Hubert, of the Ecole(IApprentissage de Dentelle, and M. x\.Morin, Libraiian at Dieppe, for theircommunications. NORMANDY 22 I Orleans, the father of Egalite, where in his
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