. History of lace . wer from the ground. Itis related of a collar made at Venice for Louis XIII. that thelace-workers, being unsuccessful in finding sufficiently finehorsehair, employed some of their own hair instead, in orders^\^ to secure that marvellous delicacy of work which they aimedat producing. The specimen, says Lefebure, cost 250 goldenecus (about sixty pounds). In 1761, a writer, describingthe point de France, says that it does not arrive at the tasteand delicacy of Brussels, its chief defect consisting in thethickness of the cordonnet, which thickens when put intowater. The horseha
. History of lace . wer from the ground. Itis related of a collar made at Venice for Louis XIII. that thelace-workers, being unsuccessful in finding sufficiently finehorsehair, employed some of their own hair instead, in orders^\^ to secure that marvellous delicacy of work which they aimedat producing. The specimen, says Lefebure, cost 250 goldenecus (about sixty pounds). In 1761, a writer, describingthe point de France, says that it does not arrive at the tasteand delicacy of Brussels, its chief defect consisting in thethickness of the cordonnet, which thickens when put intowater. The horsehair edge also draws up the ground, andmakes the lace rigid and heavy. He likewise finds faultwith the modes or fancy stitches of the Alencon, andstates that much point is sent from there to Brussels to havethe modes added, thereby giving it a borrowed beauty ; butconnoisseurs, he adds, easily detect the diflerence.^ AVhen the points of Alencon and Argentan dropped their Dictionnaire dn Citoycn, Paris, 1761. Fiff. Argentella, t)R P(iintii)Alenn a reseau Rosace.—Period Louis XV. To face page 194. ALEiYfON 195 c,^eneral designations of points de France it is difficultto say. An eminent writer states the name was continuedtill the Revolution, but this is a mistake. The last inventoryin which we have found mention of point de France is oneof 1723, while point dArgentan is noted in 1738,^^ andpoint dAleneon in 1741, where it is specified to be a reseau 13 In the accounts of IMadame du Barry, no point dAleneonis mentioned—always point a Iaiguille — and needle pointis the name by which point dAleneon was alone known inEngland during the last century. The purchases of needlepoint of Madame du Barry w^ere most extensive. Sleeves(engageantes) and lappets for 8,400 livres ; court ruffles at1,100 ; a mantelet at 2,400 ; a veste at 6,500 ; a grandecoeffe, 1,400 ; a garniture, 6,010, etc.^^ In the description of the Department of the Orne drawnup in 1801, it is stated, Fifteen years
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