. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . Lace-like border, 2| inches wide, from Manilla,Philippine Islands ; nineteenth (i) Lappet of eighteenth =century Mechlin Bobbin Lace, 4| inches wide. The main ground ofthe compartments is of small meshes; here and there the intervening groups of ornamentare lightened by the insertion of fancy open bars. (2) Lappet (one of a pair) of Valenciennes Bobbin Lace, 3; inches wide. French, eightee
. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . Lace-like border, 2| inches wide, from Manilla,Philippine Islands ; nineteenth (i) Lappet of eighteenth =century Mechlin Bobbin Lace, 4| inches wide. The main ground ofthe compartments is of small meshes; here and there the intervening groups of ornamentare lightened by the insertion of fancy open bars. (2) Lappet (one of a pair) of Valenciennes Bobbin Lace, 3; inches wide. French, eighteenthcentury. A DICTIONARY OF LACE. 181 specially woven near Barcelona for the purpose, and it is used for the blondelaces throughout the country. A Spanish womans mantilla is held sacred bylaw, and cannot be seized for debt. Margherita Lace. A lace-like fabric made by embroidering on machine-made net; it is aninvention of the nineteenth century, named after the present Queen of Italy, andis made in Venice in large quantities at the present day. Mechlin Lace. Before 1665, nearly all lace made in Flanders was called Malines. The pillowlaces of Ypres, Bruges, Dunkirk, and Courtrai were so named in Paris. In 1681,a visitor to Flanders notes that The common people here, as throughout
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