Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . miness, as were procurable from daintytwistings and plaitings done with bobbins. Hencearose that series of charming productions knownrespectively as Valenciennes, Mechlin, Angleterre,Chantilly, and Blonde laces, each of which possessesindividuality of style. In attempting to describe them,we hope to demonstrate their right to the reputationwhich they have inherited down to the present time. Foregoing chronological order in our remarks uponth
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . miness, as were procurable from daintytwistings and plaitings done with bobbins. Hencearose that series of charming productions knownrespectively as Valenciennes, Mechlin, Angleterre,Chantilly, and Blonde laces, each of which possessesindividuality of style. In attempting to describe them,we hope to demonstrate their right to the reputationwhich they have inherited down to the present time. Foregoing chronological order in our remarks uponthese laces, we hope to avoid much repetition whichwould be inevitable were we to deal with these laces 284 II. LACES. by historic periods analogous to those touched upon indescribing embroidery and needlepoint laces. At thesame time, it is but right to say that this plan of pro-ceeding cannot but be somewhat incomplete, since littleshort of a separate volume would suffice for fully settingforth all the variety of details to be found in thesetypical classes of pillow lace. Our remarks will there-fore be limited to generic types of pillow lace, to one. Fig. 127.—Guipure of Le Puy, also called Cluny lace. or the other of which other pillow laces are nearlyrelated. Passement.—The oldest class of bobbin or pillowlace is, as we have previously stated, that of passements,the light and open guipures figured in the pattern making of these has not ceased since its com-mencement early in the sixteenth century. From beingsomewhat spasmodic, and undertaken by few women,the industry became localized in different parts ofFrance, particularly Le Puy and at Mirecourt. FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 285 The Auvergne has ever since retained its celebrityas a classic home of guipures made in bands, for whichdesigns of geometric character, with motifs like squares,stars, and formal blossoms, have been and continue tobe chiefly used. The great number of women engagedin this industr
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