128 HIST ORV] O2RIAAGE vieille.” ““ Mechlin can never have been used as a *‘ dentelle de grande toilette” ; it served for coiffures de nuit, garnitures de corset, ruffles and cravats.*® Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, describing an admirer, writes : “With eager beat his Mechlin cravat moves— He loves, I… … admirer of this fabric, and when he first saw the hight Gothic tracery of the cathedral spire of Antwerp, he exclaimed, * Cest comme de la dentelle de Malines.” “1741. Une coiffure de nuit de gorge, et garniture de corset.”-—Inv. Malines 4 raizeau campanée de deux de la Duchesse de Modéne. piéces.…
Lace and lace making -- History
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