. History of lace . L<ii BKix DK Vekdalk.—(From tliu cast of his Tomb, Musee <le Versailles.) ladies. Fig. 41 represents the lace round the ecclesiasticalrobe of Hugues Loul)eux de Verdale, Cardinal and GrandMaster of the Knights of Malta, who died in 1595, andis buried in the church of St. John, where a magnificenttomlj is erected to his memory. Pillow-laces made by women in Ceylon and Travancore,as well as elsew^here in India,* seem to owe more to theinstruction of the Portuguese than to the Dutch or mention it in this place because the specimens of threadpillow-lace from Po
. History of lace . L<ii BKix DK Vekdalk.—(From tliu cast of his Tomb, Musee <le Versailles.) ladies. Fig. 41 represents the lace round the ecclesiasticalrobe of Hugues Loul)eux de Verdale, Cardinal and GrandMaster of the Knights of Malta, who died in 1595, andis buried in the church of St. John, where a magnificenttomlj is erected to his memory. Pillow-laces made by women in Ceylon and Travancore,as well as elsew^here in India,* seem to owe more to theinstruction of the Portuguese than to the Dutch or mention it in this place because the specimens of threadpillow-lace from Point de Galle and Candy bear a striking * • A lace of similar character (Mal-tese) has also been made successfully in the missionary schools at Madras (Mrs. Palliser). k1 <. o Q O -A CO Ph
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