. History of lace. Point he Pai;is.—Heduceil. The ground resembles the fond chant, the six-pointed starmeshed reseau. Savary, who wrote in 1726, mentions how, in theChateau de Madrid, there had long existed a manufacture ofpoints de France.^ A second fabric was established by theComte de Marsan,* in Paris, towards the end of the samecentury. Having brought over from Brussels his nurse. ^ This was established by Colbert, King and the Court, and its produc- and there they made, as well as at tions were among the choicest of the Aurillac, the finest pillow lace in the points de France. style of p
. History of lace. Point he Pai;is.—Heduceil. The ground resembles the fond chant, the six-pointed starmeshed reseau. Savary, who wrote in 1726, mentions how, in theChateau de Madrid, there had long existed a manufacture ofpoints de France.^ A second fabric was established by theComte de Marsan,* in Paris, towards the end of the samecentury. Having brought over from Brussels his nurse. ^ This was established by Colbert, King and the Court, and its produc- and there they made, as well as at tions were among the choicest of the Aurillac, the finest pillow lace in the points de France. style of point dAngleterre. This * Youngest son of the Comte dHar- manufacture was encouraged by the court. be. =4-H o O o3 o -1-3 4J C/3 i 3(O 5 o ftft > rt 1—1 <u -kJ X s 1—1 Xfl o •^ QJ o S c -■ „ o ■*^ tc ,- pi: c o s r- S ^ C ;2 ?3 oj « I :^ ^ 5 5 St! . QJ ^ 3 be S S fa C=i To face page 210. ISLE DE FRANCE 211 named Dumont, with her four daughters, she asked him, asa reward for the care she had bestowed upon him in hisinfancy, to obtain for her the privilege of setting up in Parisa manufactory of point de France. Colbert granted therequest : Dumont was established in the Faubourg —classic land of embroidery from early times— citedin the Re volte des Passemens, Telle Broderie qui navoitjamais este plus loin que du Faubourg S. Antoine auLouvre. A cent Suisse of the kings was appointed asouard before the door of her house. In a short timeDumont had collected more than 200 girls, among whomw^ere several of good birth, and made beautiful lacecalled point de France. Her fabric was next transferredto Rue Sai
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