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 37
Lille. Theground was a Reseau, and the pattern a wavy descriptiondiffering but little from Lille Lace. The manufactoryflourished during the whole of the seventeenth and eigh-i teenth centuries, and the character of the lace up to theearlier part of the present century did not materially alter.The… … Fig. 34. BEDFORD REGENCY POINT. nineteenthrcentury, but was succeeded by lace of plaitedinstead of Reseau grounds, with raised patterns moreresembling the old Maltese Laces than the Lille, and thislast lace has destroyed the hands of the workers for themore delicate kinds. The demand for white lace…
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