Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 394
Valenciennes. to any made in the present century. The reseau was fineand compact, the flower resembling cambric in its texture;the designs still betraying the Flemish origin of thefabric—tulips, carnations, iris, or anemones—such as we * Arthur Young, in 1788, says ofYalenciennes: Laces of 30 to… … \ALENO(ENNE?< LAllKT. -Period Ldiiis XVI, To face page 23-1. LILLE 235 see ill the old Flemish flower-pieces, true to nature,executed with Dutch exactness (Fig. 108). The city owednot its prosperity to the rich alone ; the peasants themselveswere great consumers of its produce. A woman laid by…
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