. History of lace. Mechlin.—Four specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Arranged by age, the oldest at the top. The upper one is the end of a lappet, the property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. Width about 3J in. Widths of smaller pieces, 1| in., lower 2i in. Photos by A. Dryden. To face page 126, MECHLIN 127 in England. All the town, writes Mu. Oalderwood, isfull of convents ; Mechlin lace is all made there; I saw agreat deal, and very pretty and cheap. They talk of givingup the trade, as the English, upon whom they depended,have taken to the wearing of French blondes. The lacemerchant
. History of lace. Mechlin.—Four specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Arranged by age, the oldest at the top. The upper one is the end of a lappet, the property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. Width about 3J in. Widths of smaller pieces, 1| in., lower 2i in. Photos by A. Dryden. To face page 126, MECHLIN 127 in England. All the town, writes Mu. Oalderwood, isfull of convents ; Mechlin lace is all made there; I saw agreat deal, and very pretty and cheap. They talk of givingup the trade, as the English, upon whom they depended,have taken to the wearing of French blondes. The lacemerchants employ the workers and all the town with they gain but twopence halfpenny daily, it is a goodworker who will finish a Flemish yard^^ (28 inches) in afortnight. Mechlin is essentially a summer lace, not becoming; in Fig. Mechlin.—(Period Louis XVI.) itself, but charming when worn over colour. It foundgreat favour at the court of the Regent, as the inventoriesof the period attest. Much of this lace, judging fromthese accounts, was made in the style of the modern insertion,with an edging on both sides, campane, and, being lightin texture, was well adapted for the gathered trimmings,later termed *^ quilles, now better known as * plisses a la ^ On chamarre les jupes enquiles de dentelles plissees,—Mercure Galant. 1678. Un volant dentelle dAngleterreplissee.—Exfraordina ire du Merc dEsU. 1678. 128 HISTORY OF LACE vieille. ^ Mechlin can never have been used as a den tellede grande toilette ; it served for coiffures de nuit, garnituresde corset, ruffles and cravats/^ Ladv Mary Wortley Montagu, describing an admirer, With eager beat his Mechlin cravat moves—■He ioves, I whisper to myself, he loves ! It was the favourite lace of Queen Charlotte (Fig. G2)and of the Princess Amelia. Napole
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