A catalogue of the museum of ornamental art, at Marlborough House (1854)
Great Britain. Department of Science and Art, Museum of Ornamental Art · London: G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode · leaf 78
Rose-point, Venetian- point, Portuguese-point, Alaltese-point, Point d’Alen^on, and Brussels-point ; with the exception of the ground of Brussels-point, (which is made on the pillow with bobbins), these are all produced by difPerent stitches of the needle. Each of the above varieties is… … II. Bobbin, Cushion, or Pillow Lace, is said to have been invented m Saxony by Barbara IJttman, about the year 1560. . , j i The varieties of pillow' lace are called by the names of Spanish, Grounded Spanish, Saxony Brussels, Flemish Brussels, Mechlin, ^ alenciennes, Dutch, Lisle, Chantilly,…
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