Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . ollars ofDutch linen, garnished with laces falling over theshoulders of men or perked up fan-fashion at the backof womens heads. The shapes still retain the orna-mentation imparted to insertions and trimming borders,bandes et passements; but the dentations of the bordersare less pointed than under the Valois. The well-balanced scallop forms are finely curved, and give riseto the employment of other than geometric tulips come
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . ollars ofDutch linen, garnished with laces falling over theshoulders of men or perked up fan-fashion at the backof womens heads. The shapes still retain the orna-mentation imparted to insertions and trimming borders,bandes et passements; but the dentations of the bordersare less pointed than under the Valois. The well-balanced scallop forms are finely curved, and give riseto the employment of other than geometric tulips come into vogue as ornamentaldevices, and remind us of the costly extravagances ofDutch tulip fanciers. Nothing so completely conveysan idea of the style which collars assume at this timeas the engravings by Abraham Bosse. There ishardly a specimen of Abraham Bosses work, writesQuicherat, which does not display the forms of collars,frills Qabots), or cuffs. Fig. 95 shows us a lace shopin the Gallery of the Palace, decked out with its wares,and provides us with incontrovertible authority for the * Quicherat, Histoire de Costume en France. 200 II. Fig. 95-—Lace shop in the Galevie du Palais(after Abraham Bossej. style of laces then in use. Everything in the embellish- THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 201 ment of male attire of the time lends itself to enrich-ment by means of laces. Great collars, cuffs turnedback, gloves, doublets, breeches, and even boots are allprofusely trimmed. Bits of furniture are literally enveloped with laciswork or laces, especially beds ; head and foot-boards,canopies and their supporting pillars, are completelyhidden beneath these cloudy fabrics ; from the cornersof the canopies spring plumes reaching to the ceiling,and all below them is a pendent mass of lacy draperies. The inventory of Charles de Bourbon, 1613, andthat of his wife, Countess of Soissons, 1644, includesmention of a bed decked with a pavilion of linenhangings, with bands of net made up of
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