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
, and thesprigs only of real lace. Many specimens of Brussels Lacedisplay flowers made both with the needle and on thepillow mingled together; and these patterns are remark-ably good. The making of Brussels Lace, like that ofAlencon, is not confined to a single worker, but manyhands are engaged in… … Fig. 93. BEUSSELS NEEDLE POINT LACE. can be obtained. The flowers are first made and theground worked from one to the other, as in illustra-tion, Fig. 3, page 3. The best lace is made at Bincheand Brussels, although other towns also manufacture it,and one reason of its great cost is the fine flax…
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