. 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 . y of the whole province wasaverted by means of the energy of a Jesuit Father, who was afterwards canonisedfor his good work, and has since been considered the patron saint of the lace-makers, the edicts being revoked through his exertions. In the eighteenthcentury, the workers were much distressed by severe export duties, and themanufacture of the recently introduced, and then fashionable, blondes w
. 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 . y of the whole province wasaverted by means of the energy of a Jesuit Father, who was afterwards canonisedfor his good work, and has since been considered the patron saint of the lace-makers, the edicts being revoked through his exertions. In the eighteenthcentury, the workers were much distressed by severe export duties, and themanufacture of the recently introduced, and then fashionable, blondes wasadvised as a help to the industry, for the coarse laces of Le Puy, which hadbeen used in enormous quantities in England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, andGermany, were no longer popular. Le Puy lace is now most popular. Black and white thread and silkguipures are chiefly made, and blondes of every kind, much variety in designbeing shown to keep pace with the modern variation in taste. It must be remembered that Le Puy is a lace centre. Many varieties pro-duced in the Haute Loire district are known as Le Puy laces. Liege Lace. A bobbin lace made at the town in Hainault, from the beginning of the. Specimen of the Inner Bark of the Lace Bark Tree, Lagetta lintearia(Jamaica), 5 inches wide. 176 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. seventeenth century until the end of the eighteenth. In 1802 the FrenchCommissioners classed this lace as of little importance. The fabric resem-bled the manufacture of Binche (under .which heading further particulars willbe found) and was much used for Church purposes. A pattern book of lacedesigns was published at Liege by Jean de Glen, as early as 1597. It issometimes known as Dentelle de Liege, and was made both in fine and incoarse threads. Lille Lace. This bobbin lace was made as early as the sixteenth century, the period whenlace-making became an important industry in the Netherlands, of which countryLille was at one time a part. In 1582, the work of the Lille l
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