. History of lace. Italiax, Vexetiax, Flat Needle-poixt Lace. Puxto ix Abia.—The design is held together by plain brides. Date, circ. 1645. Width, 11| in. Victoria aiid Albert Museum. Plate Portion of a Band of Needle-point Lace representing the Story op Judith andHoLOFERNES.—The work is believed to be Italian, made for a Portuguese, the inscriptionbeing in Portuguese. Date, circ. 1590. Width, 8 in. The property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. Photo by A. Dryden. To face ixige 36. LACE 37 a,ltar is described as of crimson velvet, enriched with cuipure dor; and the ornaments, chasuble, and cor-p
. History of lace. Italiax, Vexetiax, Flat Needle-poixt Lace. Puxto ix Abia.—The design is held together by plain brides. Date, circ. 1645. Width, 11| in. Victoria aiid Albert Museum. Plate Portion of a Band of Needle-point Lace representing the Story op Judith andHoLOFERNES.—The work is believed to be Italian, made for a Portuguese, the inscriptionbeing in Portuguese. Date, circ. 1590. Width, 8 in. The property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. Photo by A. Dryden. To face ixige 36. LACE 37 a,ltar is described as of crimson velvet, enriched with cuipure dor; and the ornaments, chasuble, and cor-poraliers of another altar as adorned with a * riche broderiede cuipure.* On the occasion of Henrys entry into Paris, the king-wore over his armour a surcoat of cloth of silver ornamentedwith his ciphers and devices, and trimmed with * guippuresdargent.*^ In the reign of Henry IH. the casaques of the pages werecovered w^ith guipures and passements, composed of as manycolours as entered into the armorial bearings of their masters ;and these silk guipures, of varied hues, added much to thebrilliancy of their liveries/^ Guipure seems to have been much worn by Mary the Queen was
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