. History of lace . men wereceived, with many others, of old Newport-Pagnel lace,given by Mrs. Bell, of that town, where her family hasbeen established from time immemorial. Mrs. Bell could?carry these laces back to the year 1780, when they werebequeathed to her father by an aged relative who had longbeen in the lace trade. The packets remain for the mostpart entire. The custom of storing lace was commonamong the country-people. Next in antiquity is Fig. 137, a lace of Flemish design,with the fine Brussels ground. This is among the North-amptonshire laces already alluded to. Many of the early
. History of lace . men wereceived, with many others, of old Newport-Pagnel lace,given by Mrs. Bell, of that town, where her family hasbeen established from time immemorial. Mrs. Bell could?carry these laces back to the year 1780, when they werebequeathed to her father by an aged relative who had longbeen in the lace trade. The packets remain for the mostpart entire. The custom of storing lace was commonamong the country-people. Next in antiquity is Fig. 137, a lace of Flemish design,with the fine Brussels ground. This is among the North-amptonshire laces already alluded to. Many of the early patterns appear to have been run orworked in with the needle on the net ground (Fig. 138).ff In 1778, according to MCulloch,^ was introduced thepoint ground, as it is locally termed, from which perioddates the staple pillow lace trade of these counties. Thisground is beautifully clear, the patterns well executed : we? dou))t if Fig. 139 could be surpassed in l)eauty by lace of 21 Diet, of Commerce, Plate English, Nobthamptonshire. Bobbin lace.—End of nineteenth century. Widths - -- - ? If, 5| and 2 in. Photo by A. Drydeu from a private collection. To face page 384. NOR THA MP TON SHI RE 385 any foreign manufncture. Much of this point ground wasmade by men. The principal Ijranch of the lace trade was the makingof baby lace, as those narrow laces were called, mostspecially employed for the adorning of infants caps (Figs. Fig. 136.
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