Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . edby a heavier thread, as are the flowers ofthe Point de Paris and Malines, but un- nr« BOBBINS OF BELGIUM like these other laces, the Point de Lilleis characterized by little pois, or peas ordots, scattered through the mesh. It issometimes confused with Malines becauseof the transparency of its mesh, which,however, is not so delicate as that ofMalines, nor so difficult to make, nor,because of its fewer threads, so solid. One of the most popular and moresolid varieties of Point de Lille is betterknown as
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . edby a heavier thread, as are the flowers ofthe Point de Paris and Malines, but un- nr« BOBBINS OF BELGIUM like these other laces, the Point de Lilleis characterized by little pois, or peas ordots, scattered through the mesh. It issometimes confused with Malines becauseof the transparency of its mesh, which,however, is not so delicate as that ofMalines, nor so difficult to make, nor,because of its fewer threads, so solid. One of the most popular and moresolid varieties of Point de Lille is betterknown as Point dHollande, because it ischiefly sold to the well-to-do Dutch peas-ants for their handsome bonnets. It iswide and often of sumptuous design, asole branch or flower frequently furnish-ing the entire wing of a bonnet. In the classroom, I went directly to a(dark-haired Josephine, whose cushionseemed to hold the largest mounds ofbobbins—Yes, there are over a thou-sand, she admitted shyly and directress came to help her open theJittle drawer beneath her round K ^ K P= 1^. X
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