. Florence home needle-work. onporLaci e court ofBrusselss so pro-ve utteredat laceiitted,andipure bars(m1. Thealso were copies of DftlB, but iininean be ^nleintbem „. coarse the 1^ ,,1 themi lace had been succeeded by the working of true Brusselsground, or Vrai Beseau, and the patterns formed of de-tached flower sprays, English lace improved and graduallybecame perfect. The workers executed the Vrai Beseau. Fig. 23.— Detached Spray used in a Honiton Lace Design. with the finest of Antwerp thread, and with great delicacy;and as the sprays used could be made over and overagain by the same worke
. Florence home needle-work. onporLaci e court ofBrusselss so pro-ve utteredat laceiitted,andipure bars(m1. Thealso were copies of DftlB, but iininean be ^nleintbem „. coarse the 1^ ,,1 themi lace had been succeeded by the working of true Brusselsground, or Vrai Beseau, and the patterns formed of de-tached flower sprays, English lace improved and graduallybecame perfect. The workers executed the Vrai Beseau. Fig. 23.— Detached Spray used in a Honiton Lace Design. with the finest of Antwerp thread, and with great delicacy;and as the sprays used could be made over and overagain by the same worker, great precision and beautywere attained in the manufacture, and during the fortyyears preceding 1820 the Honiton lace produced standsunrivalled by its contemporaries. After that date, when FLORfc 22 FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. machine-made net was first introduced, the trade fell intoobscurity, the patterns being designed by the workers them-
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