. History of lace. :iK?ti>^^;V<^^^^^^^^ :^ ■?■ .-■-••■%/,.■? .. .- ir. Valenciennes.—Three specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth century. Arranged byage, the oldest at the top, which was made for a royal personage, with the initials E. P.; it is now the property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. lower pieces ^J and 2J-;in. i Photos by A. Dry den. Widths of the middle and To VALENCIENNES 233 one kind of thread for the pattern and the ground(Fig. 106). No lace is so expensive to make, from thenumber of bobbins required, and the flax used was of thefinest quality. The c
. History of lace. :iK?ti>^^;V<^^^^^^^^ :^ ■?■ .-■-••■%/,.■? .. .- ir. Valenciennes.—Three specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth century. Arranged byage, the oldest at the top, which was made for a royal personage, with the initials E. P.; it is now the property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. lower pieces ^J and 2J-;in. i Photos by A. Dry den. Widths of the middle and To VALENCIENNES 233 one kind of thread for the pattern and the ground(Fig. 106). No lace is so expensive to make, from thenumber of bobbins required, and the flax used was of thefinest quality. The city-made lace was remarkable for thebeauty of its ground, the richness of its design, and evennessof its tissue. Its mesh is square or diamond-shaped, and ithas no twisted sides ; all are closely plaited. The ornamentis not picked out with a cordonnet, as is the case withMechlin ; but, like Mechlin, the ground went through various-modifications, including; the fond de neiofe, before the reseau^was finally fixed. From their solidity, les belles et eter-nelles Valenciennes became an
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