. 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 . ook at them. The change of fashion in mens hairdressing brought about the extinction ofthe falling lace collar, for the flowing wig and long curls hid the back and shoulderportions of the lace. This accounts for the introduction of the lace cravat of thisperiod. Aprons, pinners and handkerchiefs of lace were immensely popular withthe ladies. With the end of the century the fashion of the head-dress
. 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 . ook at them. The change of fashion in mens hairdressing brought about the extinction ofthe falling lace collar, for the flowing wig and long curls hid the back and shoulderportions of the lace. This accounts for the introduction of the lace cravat of thisperiod. Aprons, pinners and handkerchiefs of lace were immensely popular withthe ladies. With the end of the century the fashion of the head-dress a la Fontangc, D at a Royalfuneral. Cromwellsfamily usedcostly lace. Lace cravatssucceededfallingcollars. 34 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. called a commode in England, was at its height, and never had such sums beenspent on lace in England as were disbursed during the reign of William andMary. The industry throve in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Devonshire and allthe other lace-making districts in England. Defoe, a few years later, wrote that Thro the whole south part of Bedfordshire the people are taken up with themanufacture of bone lace, in which they are wonderfully exercised and improved. George Digby, Earl of Bristol (1612-1677). The deep turn-down collarcharacteristic of the Stewart period was soon to be replaced bylace cravats, when, the hair being- worn longer and more overthe shoulders, elaborate ornament was needed only in front. within these few years past. Devonshire was kept busy with the demand for herPoint dAngleterre laces, and at Honiton the three celebrated lace-makers of theseventeenth century flourished, namely: James Rodge, Mrs. Minifie, the daughterof the Vicar of Buckrell, near Honiton, and Humphrey of Honiton, whose recordsof bequests to the townspeople are preserved on a board at the west end of theparish church at the present day. In the seventeenth century we know that the lace industry of Englandflourished, and some traces may be found of small centre
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