. History of lace . Valenciennes.—Three specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth ccntm-y. Arranged byage, the oldest at tlie top, which was made for a royal personage, with the initialsE. P.; it is now the property of ]Mr. Arthur Blackbornc. Widths of the middle and lower pieces 1^ and 2J in. Photos by A. Dryden. To faci jiHjjc 2S2. VALENCIENNES 233 one kind of thread for the pattern and the ground(Fig. 106). No lace is so expensive to make, from thenumber of bobbins required, and the flax used was of thefinest quality. The city-made lace was remarkable for thebeauty of its ground, the richness
. History of lace . Valenciennes.—Three specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth ccntm-y. Arranged byage, the oldest at tlie top, which was made for a royal personage, with the initialsE. P.; it is now the property of ]Mr. Arthur Blackbornc. Widths of the middle and lower pieces 1^ and 2J in. Photos by A. Dryden. To faci jiHjjc 2S2. VALENCIENNES 233 one kind of thread for the pattern and the ground(Fig. 106). No lace is so expensive to make, from thenumber of bobbins required, and the flax used was of thefinest quality. The city-made lace was remarkable for thebeauty of its ground, the richness of its design, and evennessof its tissue. Its mesh is square or diamond-shaped, and ithas no twisted sides ; all are closely plaited. The ornamentis not picked out with a cordonnet, as is the case withMechlin ; but, like Mechlin, the ground went through variousmodifications, includino; the fond de neigre, before the reseauwas finally fixed. From their solidity, les l)elles et eter-nelles Valenciennes became an he
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