. History of lace . s ruffles, which they fabricated ofexquisite beauty. A considerable quantity of Ijlonde was made at Meran, avillao;e in the neio;hl)ourhood of Beauvoisin, but the com-merce had fallen off at the end of the last century. Theseblondes go by the familiar name of bisettes. OELEANOIS. Colberts attempts at establishing a manufactory of pointde France at Montargis appear by his letters to have beenunsuccessful. were the reports from Bourges more encouraging. POITOU. Lace was made at Loudun, one of Colberts foundations,,in the sex^euteenth century, but the fabric has alwa
. History of lace . s ruffles, which they fabricated ofexquisite beauty. A considerable quantity of Ijlonde was made at Meran, avillao;e in the neio;hl)ourhood of Beauvoisin, but the com-merce had fallen off at the end of the last century. Theseblondes go by the familiar name of bisettes. OELEANOIS. Colberts attempts at establishing a manufactory of pointde France at Montargis appear by his letters to have beenunsuccessful. were the reports from Bourges more encouraging. POITOU. Lace was made at Loudun, one of Colberts foundations,,in the sex^euteenth century, but the fabric has always beencommon. Mignonettes et dentelles a poignet de chemisesj,et de prix de toutes especes, from one sol six deniers theell, to forty sols the piece of twelve ells. Children began lace-making at a very early age. Loudunfournit quelques dentelles communes, says the GovernmentEeporter of 1803. Peuchet speaks of lace manufactories at Perpignan, Aix^, ^ Dcncv. iht Dvj. de la. Vicnnc, par le Citoyen Cochon. An X. 05 To face page 256. POITOU 257 Cahors, Bordeaux,-^ etc., but they do uot appear to have beeaof any importance, and no longer exist* -^ Ce nest pas une grande choseque la niannfactiire de points qui estetablie dans Ihopital de Bourdeaux.—Savary. Edit. 1726. -* Table of the Number of Lace-workers ill France in 1851. (FromM. Aubry.) ]\Iannfacture of Chantillyand Alencon:— Orne Seine-et-Oise .... Eure \ 12,500 Seine-et-Marne . . Oise Manufacture of Lille, Arras,and Bailleul:— Pas-de-Calais . . ) Manufacture of Normandy,Caen, and Bayeux :— Calvados ] Manche [ 55,000 Seine-Inferieure . j]\Ianufacture of Lorraine,Mirecourt:— Manufacture of Auvergne,Le Puy:— Cantal \ Haute Loire .... ^ Loire I Puy-de-D6nie .... JApplication-work at Paris \ q rnnand Lace-makers . . j Total 240,000 In his I{e])ort on the Universal Ex-liihition of 1867, M. Aubry estimatesthe number at 200,000—their averagewages from 1 to 1^ francs a day often hours labour; some earn as muchas 3^ f
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