. History of lace . Brussels. Point dAngleterre a Reseau.—Eighteenth century. Widths, 2 in. and 3^ in. Photo by A. Dryden. Io face page 150, LOUIS XIV 151 advance thirty or forty thousand livres a ces achapts,addino-, that by making the purchases in time he will deriveoreat advantage in the price ; but as he hopes the siege willsoon be at an end, they may wait his arrival at Paris for hisfinal decision.^ (^^olbert again writes, Noveml)er 25th, Fig. Anne of Austria.—(M. de Versailles.) pressing his Eminence on account of the quantite demariages qui se Ieront Ihyver. A passage in Tallemant&


. History of lace . Brussels. Point dAngleterre a Reseau.—Eighteenth century. Widths, 2 in. and 3^ in. Photo by A. Dryden. Io face page 150, LOUIS XIV 151 advance thirty or forty thousand livres a ces achapts,addino-, that by making the purchases in time he will deriveoreat advantage in the price ; but as he hopes the siege willsoon be at an end, they may wait his arrival at Paris for hisfinal decision.^ (^^olbert again writes, Noveml)er 25th, Fig. Anne of Austria.—(M. de Versailles.) pressing his Eminence on account of the quantite demariages qui se Ieront Ihyver. A passage in Tallemant<les Reaux would lead cue to suppose these laces weredestined as patterns for the improvement of French manu-factures. Per mostra di fame in Francia, as the Cardinalexpressed himself. Certainly in the inventory of Mazarin *there are no mention of Italian points, no lace coverlets tohis Lict dange moire tabizee, couleur de rose chamarree de ^ Dated November 19th, 1653. The * Inv. fait apres la inort dii Car- letter is given in full by the Marquis dinal Mazarin, 1661.—Bibl. Nat. (le Laborde in Le Palais Mazarin. MSS. Suite de Mortmart, , 1845. 152 HISTORY OF LACE dentelles dor et dargent. We may almost imagine thatthe minister and his secretary combined were already medi-tating the establishment of Points de France. In this reign, fresh sumptuary ordinances are of NovemlDer 27th, 1660, is the most important of all,^and is


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