The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 63
ground ismachine made net, and the sprigs only of real lace. Manyspecimens of Brussels lace display flowers made with theneedle and flowers made on the pillow mingled together,and these patterns are remarkably good. The making ofBrussels lace, like that of Alencon, is not confined to asingle… … Fig. BRUSSELS NEEDLE POINT LACE. The flowers were first made and the ground worked fromone to the other, as in illustration, Fig. 3, page 3. Thebest lace is made at Binche and Brussels, although othertowns also manufacture it, and one reason of its greatcost is the fine flax thread, which is grown…
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