Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . hand-made mesh ground or vrai reseau,a large trade has ensued in quantities of these Brusselsapplication laces (Applications de Bruxelles), a nameusually restricted to applications of lace, ornament,flowers, etc., upon Brussels tulle (fig. 151). This simplificationof process and lower-ing of price in itsproductions has beenattended with someadvantages. Largerpieces, for instance,such as big shawlsand ample bridalveils, which, on thescore of
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present dayA handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers . hand-made mesh ground or vrai reseau,a large trade has ensued in quantities of these Brusselsapplication laces (Applications de Bruxelles), a nameusually restricted to applications of lace, ornament,flowers, etc., upon Brussels tulle (fig. 151). This simplificationof process and lower-ing of price in itsproductions has beenattended with someadvantages. Largerpieces, for instance,such as big shawlsand ample bridalveils, which, on thescore of cost, couldbut rarely have beenattempted with theh a n d-m a d e net(reseau), are noweasily made. It can-not be maintained, however, that machine-made tulle isas charming a material as vrai reseau ; its dressing, as arule, tends to make it wiry and harsh to the touch, andalthough this may be lessened by modification, the cottonthread, employed both for the lace ornaments and thetulle, lacks that delicate suppleness which is characteristicof the pure and fine flax thread used in vraie Angleterrelaces. It is a matter even of congratulation when these. Fie. [51;—Flounce of Brussels applicationlace. FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 313 modern cotton fabrics are not powdered with whitelead, a pernicious and perfectly useless ingredient,frequently used, with dire effect to the health of thelace-workers and the good preservation of the lace. Lace ornaments applied to tulle are not solely madeon the pillow, some are of needlepoint work done in thesame way as in the eighteenth century, when laceapplications of pillow-made and needlepoint were sewnwith admirable effects upon vrai reseau. Specimens ofmodern work, in which this mixture of lace applicationsoccur, are given in figs. 152 and 153. Considerableskill is displayed in the little fillings or devices, a jours(see also fig. no). The selection of details which areto be of needlepoint or pillow work rests with thedesigner of the p
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