. History of lace . Brussels Needle-Point. To face page 120. Fig. Brussels. Point a laiguille.—Formerly belonged to Queen Charlotte. To face page 120. BRUSSELS 121 consistino; of a fresh stitch formed with a needle between thetwo pieces to be united. It requires the greatest nicety tojoin the segments of shawls and other large piei-es. Sincemachine-made net has come into use the vrai reseau israrely made, save for royal trousseaux (Figs. 57 and 58). There are two kinds of flowers : those made with theneedle are called point a Iaiguille ; those on the pillow,? point plat.^^ The best
. History of lace . Brussels Needle-Point. To face page 120. Fig. Brussels. Point a laiguille.—Formerly belonged to Queen Charlotte. To face page 120. BRUSSELS 121 consistino; of a fresh stitch formed with a needle between thetwo pieces to be united. It requires the greatest nicety tojoin the segments of shawls and other large piei-es. Sincemachine-made net has come into use the vrai reseau israrely made, save for royal trousseaux (Figs. 57 and 58). There are two kinds of flowers : those made with theneedle are called point a Iaiguille ; those on the pillow,? point plat.^^ The best flowers are made in Brussels itself,where they have attained a perfection in the relief (pointbrode) unequalled by those made in the surrounding villagesand in Hainaalt. The last have one great fault. Comingsoiled from the hands of the lace-makers, they have a reddish-vellow cast. In order to obviate this evil the workwoman,previous to sewing the flowers on the ground, places them ina packet of white lead and beats them with the hand, anoperation injurious to the
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