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 519
superior tothose worked during the Dotted period; but ValenciennesLace of the present day cannot compete in its gracefularrangements of pattern, evenness of work, and variety ofground, with the old Vraie Valenciennes. In each townwhere it is worked the ground is made differently; inAlost the ground… … Pig. VALENCIENNES — OLD. while the number of Bobbins used (300 being required fora piece 2 inches in width, and 12,000 being often in usetogether), and the labour required in forming the lace,made it most expensive, a yard of a flounce, or a pair ofbroad ruffles, frequently taking a year to…
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