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 80
. 1853. AV 138.— POINT D^\LENCON. Purchased of Mrs. Foreman, at 5s. 1853. Observations. — The manufacture of Point de France, or Point d’Alen^oii, \vas introduced into France by Colbert, in the reign of Louis XIV. (about 1660). It is made u'ith the needle, and the same stitches are employed as in… … AV 1.30.— POINT D’ALENCON. Purchased Mrs. Foreman, at 15s. 1853. Observation.- -Hee obseiTations to AA' 138. Fig. 8. AV 140.— POINT A L’AIGUILLE, or BRUSSELS POINT. Purchased of Groucock & Co., at .£'1 13s. 1853. Observations. — Modern Brussels-point. The stitches ai’e the same as in ancient…
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