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 308
Fig. 136.—Modern Valenciennes(Ypres) lace, with squaremesh ground. FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 295portions of the ornament and flowers, etc., being more … Fig. 137.—Flounce of Valenciennes-Brabant lace. filmy than those in Valenciennes laces. It is indeedthe most supple of all laces ; but a more distinguishing 296 II. LACES. feature in it is the fine bright thread which outlines allthe ornamental shapes in it. Before the meshed ground,ultimately…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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