. 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 . e also of themost costly nature. It must be re-membered that at this time the reveille,or uprising, was a favourite time for thereception of friends, and the counterpane,lace-trimmed pillow cases, sheets andcurtains were utilised as a means ofdisplaying costly points—a coverlet madeof Point de Venise in one piece, worthmany hundreds of crowns, being no un-common sight. The bed garnitures of theQueen
. 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 . e also of themost costly nature. It must be re-membered that at this time the reveille,or uprising, was a favourite time for thereception of friends, and the counterpane,lace-trimmed pillow cases, sheets andcurtains were utilised as a means ofdisplaying costly points—a coverlet madeof Point de Venise in one piece, worthmany hundreds of crowns, being no un-common sight. The bed garnitures of theQueen of France were renewed everyyear, Madame de Luignes receiving theold ones as her perquisite. HenrySwinburne, writing from Paris in 1786, says that the expense of a bridestrousseau is equal to a handsome portion in England. Five thousandpounds worth of lace, linen, etc., is a common thing among them. In one of the pictures of M. de Bonnard at the Bibliotheque Nationale, adressing-room is shown furnished with a sumptuous display of laces. Thetoilet table has a cover trimmed with a flounce of needle-point; a Venetianmirror has a pair of guipure lace curtains draped on either side of it. The. Mantilla worn by a lady of Madrid. Thishead - covering- is still much used inSpain, though it is no longer the uni-versal headwear of every class as itwas in the eighteenth century. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 39 dressing-gown of the lady is all of guipure, trimmed at the sides, where itopens over a petticoat ; rich Point de France edges the sleeves and at thebottom of the gown is a wide flounce of Point de France. At the back ofthe washing-stand a deep flounce of the same lace is draped, forming a back-ground for the carafes and basins.
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