. History of lace. rio Keuali—theEoyal Milliner, as he styles himself George I. indulges ina Macklin cravat.* • It is impossible, says Savary about this time, toimagine how much Mechlin lace is annually purchased byFrance and Holland, and in England it has always lield thehiohest favour. Of the ])eau of 1727 it is said : Eiglit Maeklin must twist round his bosom uud wrists. ANhile Captain Figgins of the 67th, a dandy of tae firstwater, is described, like the naval puppy of Smollett inliuderlck Random, his hair powdered with marechal, acambric shirt, his Malines lace dyed with
. History of lace. rio Keuali—theEoyal Milliner, as he styles himself George I. indulges ina Macklin cravat.* • It is impossible, says Savary about this time, toimagine how much Mechlin lace is annually purchased byFrance and Holland, and in England it has always lield thehiohest favour. Of the ])eau of 1727 it is said : Eiglit Maeklin must twist round his bosom uud wrists. ANhile Captain Figgins of the 67th, a dandy of tae firstwater, is described, like the naval puppy of Smollett inliuderlck Random, his hair powdered with marechal, acambric shirt, his Malines lace dyed with 1755 the fashion seems to have been on the decline ■* 111 the accounts of Madame du de mauchettes gainyes de passement ]>arry, we have Malines batarde a tant deVenise,Gennes,etde Malines. bordure. *^ Voyage en Flandrc. 1681. *i Inv. ajn-es le deces de Mgr. le « B. M. Add. MSS. No. 5751. Marechal dc la Mottc. Bib. Nat. Gr. Ward. Ace. P. II. O. :vrSS. F. Fr. 11,426. Quatre paires ^^ Ibid. Plate Mechlin.—Four specimens of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Arranged by age, the oldest at the top. The upper one is the end of a lappet, the property of Mr. Arthur Blackborne. Width about 3J in. Widths of smaller pieces, 1| in., lower 2i in. Photos by A. Dryden. To face page 126, MECHLIN 127 in England. All the town, writes Mu. Oalderwood, isfull of convents ; Mechlin lace is all made there; I saw agreat deal, and very pretty and cheap. They talk of givingup the trade, as the English, upon whom they depended,have taken to the wearing of French blondes. The lacemerchants employ the workers and all the town with they gain but twopence halfpenny daily, it is a goodworker who will finish a Flemish yard^^ (28 inches) in afortnight. Mechlin is essentially a summer lace, not becoming; in Fig. 61.
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