Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . d withthe death penalty those who might at-tempt to carry lace secrets beyond theFrench borders,—in every way he sought 32 INTRODUCTION to develop an art that should belongpeculiarly to France. Thus directed andsubsidized by the state, and nurtured andstimulated by a beauty-seeking court,whose love of luxury was still controlledby taste and refinement, it is not surpriz-ing that this lace-period surpassed anyother known. It was true of the Court ofLouis XIV as of that of Louis XIII thata seigneur was kno
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . d withthe death penalty those who might at-tempt to carry lace secrets beyond theFrench borders,—in every way he sought 32 INTRODUCTION to develop an art that should belongpeculiarly to France. Thus directed andsubsidized by the state, and nurtured andstimulated by a beauty-seeking court,whose love of luxury was still controlledby taste and refinement, it is not surpriz-ing that this lace-period surpassed anyother known. It was true of the Court ofLouis XIV as of that of Louis XIII thata seigneur was known by the number andquality of his lace points; some of thempossest several hundred garnitures. Un-fortunately the workers did not profit bythis brilliant development,—they seemfrom the beginning predestined to be thevictims of a social and economic there were already evidences ofan attempt to control a demand for lux-ury that threatened disaster. With the16th century, heavy duties and excesstaxes were levied upon lace. An edict,dated 1729, prohibited the wearing of it,. FIFTEENTH CENTURY PORTRAIT Showing heavy brocade as yet unrelieved by linen or lace trimming
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