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 298
r since retained its celebrityas a classic home of guipures made in bands, for whichdesigns of geometric character, with motifs like squares,stars, and formal blossoms, have been and continue tobe chiefly used. The great number of women engagedin this industry, the simplicity of their life in… … Fig. 128.— Passement in fine thread (Le Puy or Mirecourt). engaged in it. Thread passements, as shown in fig. 122,have always been made by them. From time to timefashion discards, whilst at others it favours thesepassements, as was recently the case when a demandfor Guipures de Cluny arose (fig.…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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