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 246
u is rare. Fig. 103, although called by Monsieur FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 233 Flanders, which hitherto had almost entirely restrictedher making of laces to the pillow or bobbin method,soon attempted to copy the needlepoint laces ofAlencon. The needlepoint laces made at Brusselswere… … Fig. 103.—Flemish needlepoint lace, end of the seventeenthcentur} (belonging to Madame Franck). from eight to ten thousand francs (£320 to ^400) thepound weight, Hence it will be understood that withsuch dainty material laces of the utmost filminesscould be produced ; and the variety of little…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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