Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 258
Fig. HO.—Shawl of Belgian needlepoint lace (modern), from a designby Alcide Roussel. extinct; and many of the modern laces are made withcotton instead of flax. Nevertheless, whatever ordersshe is called upon to meet, Belgium carries them outwith skill untrammelled by routine (fig. 113). Inquestions… … Fig. ill.—Cuff of needlepoint lace (modern) called Point Colbert. foremost inspirer of artistic motive in all lace pro-duction.
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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