. History of lace. ds side by side, and which regulates the plaitingof them. The cost of producing lace in this manner is saidto be greater at present than by hand. ^* Leaver machine. The great manu- 1780, by E. Frost, the embroidery factures of Nottingham and Calais are made by hand. made on the Leaver Jacquard frame. ^^ Cantor Lectures on the Art of The first patterned net was produced, Lace-Making. 1880. 456 HISTORY OF LACE Almost every description of lace is now fabricated bymachinery; ^^ and it is often no easy task, even for apractised eye, to detect the difference. Still, we m
. History of lace. ds side by side, and which regulates the plaitingof them. The cost of producing lace in this manner is saidto be greater at present than by hand. ^* Leaver machine. The great manu- 1780, by E. Frost, the embroidery factures of Nottingham and Calais are made by hand. made on the Leaver Jacquard frame. ^^ Cantor Lectures on the Art of The first patterned net was produced, Lace-Making. 1880. 456 HISTORY OF LACE Almost every description of lace is now fabricated bymachinery; ^^ and it is often no easy task, even for apractised eye, to detect the difference. Still, we must everbe of opinion that the most finished productions of the framenever possess the touch, the finish, or the beauty of thelaces made by hand. The invention of machine-made lacehas this peculiarity—it has not diminished the demand forthe finer fabrics of the pillow and the needle. On thecontrary, the rich have sought more eagerly than ever theexquisite works of Brussels and iVlencon, since machinery Ficr. The LiGETTA, OR Lace-bark Tree. has brought the wearing of lace within the reach of allclasses of society. The inner bark of the Lagetta, or Lace-bark tree ^*^ ofJamaica, may be separated into thin layers, and then intodistinct meshes, bearing some resemblance to lace (Fig. 163).Of this material a cravat and ruffles were presented to KingCharles II. by the Governor of Jamaica ; and at the Ex-hibition of 1851 a dress of the same fibre was presented toQueen Victoria, which her Majesty was graciously pleasedto accept. ^ The machines now in use are the 2,448 were at Nottingham.—Inter- Circular, Leaver, Transverse Warp national Exhibition, Jurors Beport. and Pusher. Out of 3,552 machines -^ Daphne to be in England in 1862 BOBBIN NET AND MACHINE-MADE LACE 457 Caterpillars have been made to spin lace veils by theingenious contrivance of a gentleman of Munich. ^^ Theseveils are not strong, but surprisingly light—one, a yardsquare, would scarcely weigh f
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