Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 229
PERSONAL ADORNMENT. 215 cared about her dress would select the lace most suitable to her toilet : she would not use Brussels point for strongly marked outlines, or Bruges lace where a soft flowing effect was required. She would make a distinction accord- … BRUGES LACE. ing to the use she intended to make of it, between point d’Alençon with a well defined pattern and fieurs richly embroidered on a reséau or on a foundation of brides , and light Mechlin lace, in which the only accent is on the outline of the pattern. She would carefully discriminate
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