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 314
with theearlier Chantilly laces. This specialty in gradation oftexture pertains to modern black lace, and is unknownin old laces of a cognate class (fig. 143). The towns of Grammont and Enghien in Belgium alsoproduce black laces, which may be distinguished fromFrench work by being less elaborated… … Fig- I43-—Black lace lappet (Bayeux). 302 II. LACES. Blonde, or white silk pillow lace.—Certain sorts ofpillow-made laces derive their names from somecharacteristic of the material with which they are made,instead of from the town of their manufacture. Such,for instance, is blonde, which is one of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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