Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . t introduced untilthe latter half of the 17th century. In the first group, made with uncutthreads, are the early Clunys and the 40 INTRODUCTION common Torchons, Old Flanders, thebeautiful Valenciennes, Point de Paris,Point de Lille, Malines and Binche, withtheir delicate round, or square or hexag-onal meshes, from which the patternblossoms. Their flowers are flat, neverlifted in relief, tho a heavy outliningthread often sets them ofif brilliantlyfrom the surrounding field. The second bobbin group, in whi
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . t introduced untilthe latter half of the 17th century. In the first group, made with uncutthreads, are the early Clunys and the 40 INTRODUCTION common Torchons, Old Flanders, thebeautiful Valenciennes, Point de Paris,Point de Lille, Malines and Binche, withtheir delicate round, or square or hexag-onal meshes, from which the patternblossoms. Their flowers are flat, neverlifted in relief, tho a heavy outliningthread often sets them ofif brilliantlyfrom the surrounding field. The second bobbin group, in which thefinal lace piece is composed of united de-tails, includes black and white Chantilly,Blonde, popular with Spanish peoples,Brussels Duchesse and Bruges Duchesse,most frequently displayed in our Amer-ican shops, and the finer Rosaline, whichwas in great demand when the war brokeout. This group of bobbin laces admitsa kind of relief. Some laces combine both needle andbobbin points. In the lovely Point dAn-gleterre, increasingly difficult to obtain,bobbin-made flowers are united by an. PORTRAIT TOWARD CLOSE OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY Showing collar ornamented with linhhin-made ohuiv
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