. 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 . for bedfurniture, window curtains, and valances, unornamented. It was called Reseau,Rezel, and Rezeuil; decorated with a pattern—Lacis, or Darned Netting. It isnow worked with fine linen thread when used for personal adornment, and withcoarse threads for furniture. Formerly, coloured silk threads and those of gold andsilver were used; these are still much employed in the Russian varieties. Networkis
. 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 . for bedfurniture, window curtains, and valances, unornamented. It was called Reseau,Rezel, and Rezeuil; decorated with a pattern—Lacis, or Darned Netting. It isnow worked with fine linen thread when used for personal adornment, and withcoarse threads for furniture. Formerly, coloured silk threads and those of gold andsilver were used; these are still much employed in the Russian varieties. Networkis darned upon with counted stitches like tapestry; it is then called Point Conte,or filet brode a reprises by modern French workers in England, and in Italy themodern variety is called guipure dart. The net is stretched upon a large frame,and the worker darns the pattern upon the stretched net; sometimes half-a-dozengirls are to be seen in the Venetian lace factories at work upon a large curtain orbed-spread. Dentelle. The French term for lace. Laces were known as dentelles in France at theend of the sixteenth century; before that time they were called passements. A DICTIONARY OF LACE. HS. Dentelle a la Reine. A needle-point lace made inAmsterdam, chiefly by Frenchrefugees, after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, 1685. The lace hadbeen made by them in France, so thatDenlelle a la Reine is not peculiarto Amsterdam, but achieved a markedpopularity during the short time thatit was made in Holland. Dentelle a la Vierge. A bobbin lace made in the neigh-bourhood of Dieppe by the peasants ;Modern Darned Netting (Italian), 26 inches wide. k hag a doub]e Normandy ground and Dentelle au Fuseau. a simple pattern. The French term for bobbin lace. Dentelle de Fil. A name by which simple thread laces, such as torchon, are sometimes called. 146 HISTORY OF HAND-MADE LACE. Dentelle Irlandaise. This will be found described under the heading Modern Point Lace. Dentelle Redin. Lace having a n
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