. History of lace . Point hk Paris.—EeiliKe<l. The ground resembles the fond chant, the six-pointed starmeshed reseau. Savary, who wrote in 1726, mentions how, in theChateau de Madrid, there had long existed a manufacture ofpoints de France.^ A second fabric was established by theComte de Marsan,* in Paris, towards the end of the samecentury. Having brought over from Brussels his nurse, ^ This was established b^f Colbert,and there they made, as well as atAurillac, the finest pillow lace in thestyle of point dAngleterre. Thismanufacture was encouraged by the King and the Court, and its produ
. History of lace . Point hk Paris.—EeiliKe<l. The ground resembles the fond chant, the six-pointed starmeshed reseau. Savary, who wrote in 1726, mentions how, in theChateau de Madrid, there had long existed a manufacture ofpoints de France.^ A second fabric was established by theComte de Marsan,* in Paris, towards the end of the samecentury. Having brought over from Brussels his nurse, ^ This was established b^f Colbert,and there they made, as well as atAurillac, the finest pillow lace in thestyle of point dAngleterre. Thismanufacture was encouraged by the King and the Court, and its produc-tions were among tlie choicest of thepoints de France. ^ Youngest son of the Comte dHar-court. u. 3 r- ~ 01 ^ S3§35. OJ To face piige J 10. ISLE DE FRANCE 211 named Dumont, with lier four daughters, she asked him, asa reward for the care she had bestowed upon him in hisinfancy, to obtain for lier the privilege of setting up in Parisa manufactory of point de France. C^olbert granted therequest : Dumont was established in the Faubourg —classic land of embroidery from early times— citedin the Eevolte des Passemens, Telle Broderie qui navoitjamais este plus loin que du Faubourg S. Antoine auLouvre. A cent Suisse of the kings was appointed asguard before the door of her house. In a short timeDumont had collected more than 200 girls, among whomwere several of o;ood birth, and made beautiful lacecalled point de France. Her fabric was next transferredto Rue Saint Sauveur, and subsequently to the HotelSaint-Chaumont, near the Porte St. Denis. Dumont after-wards went to Portugal, leaving her fabric under thedirection of Mademoiselle de Marsan. But, adds thehistorian, as fashi
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