Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 218
is, the edict mustsurely please him, so far as it affects his expenses. I go thenand put all these superfluous garments in the cupboard, and as he willwear them no more, I shall not fear he will give them to me. -j- In spite of my personal beauty which, without vanity, cannotbe surpassed by that of… … Fig- 95-—A tady of fashion discarding her laces (after AbrahamBosse). Moreover, at this moment there succeeded to thethrone of France a young king whose influence in 206 II. LACES. developing the new-born industry was decisive; it maybe safely said that the sixty-eight years of his reign wit-nessed…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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