. 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 . ated lace-makers of theseventeenth century flourished, namely: James Rodge, Mrs. Minifie, the daughterof the Vicar of Buckrell, near Honiton, and Humphrey of Honiton, whose recordsof bequests to the townspeople are preserved on a board at the west end of theparish church at the present day. In the seventeenth century we know that the lace industry of Englandflourished, and some traces may be found o
. 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 . ated lace-makers of theseventeenth century flourished, namely: James Rodge, Mrs. Minifie, the daughterof the Vicar of Buckrell, near Honiton, and Humphrey of Honiton, whose recordsof bequests to the townspeople are preserved on a board at the west end of theparish church at the present day. In the seventeenth century we know that the lace industry of Englandflourished, and some traces may be found of small centres having existed before SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 35 that time, but English portraits are searched in vain for traces of characteristicnative-made laces earlier than about 1603, nor is there any mention of the existenceof either a bobbin or a needle-point factory. It is probable that, during the reign of Elizabeth, the close intercourse betweenthe Courts of France and England gave ample opportunity for the exchange of ideasand models in what was then a favourite pastime, and a proof of the knowledge inEngland of some of the well-known lace patterns is shown in the book published in. ciThe Foolish Virgins. by Abraham Bosse. The flat lace collars are characteristic of theperiod. This is one of the first pictures in which lace-trimmed handkerchiefs appear. 1605 by Mr. Mignerak, an Englishman, which contains a collection of well-knownPoint Coupe and bobbin lace patterns. This proves also that there were at anyrate some people in England who were interested in the English lace industry. It is likely that until the second half of the seventeenth century Englandproduced only sufficient lace for her own consumption, for it is not until that timethat the characteristic Point dAngleterre appears in wardrobe lists, periodical -j«he ioveivliterature, and portraits on the Continent ; but after 1650 the superiority and Pointoriginality of the English lace is proved by the large exp
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