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 252
O THE PRESENT TIME. 239 revival of the manufacture, encouraged it, and en-deavoured to-renew the courtly etiquette of Louis XIV.in requiring point lace to be worn at court receptions.Some few important orders were given by the imperialcircle, and a bed-trimming of lace, powdered over withbee… … Fig. 105.—Point dAlencon, with ground of small hexagonal meshes(a petite bride), later period of Louis XVI. who, little flattered by the notion of possessing whathad been destined for another, made difficulties aboutreceiving it. In May 1811 the Emperor and Empress visitedAlencon. Marie-Louise…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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