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 316
ng her * Comte de Reiset, Reproduction du livre journal de Madame Eloffe,published by Didot. FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME. 303 later years that Marie Antoinette wore considerablequantities of the light patterned blonde laces. Since then, blonde has been more frequently made inthe Spanish… … Fig. 144.—Light blonde of white silk (Caen). with thin silk thread, alternate with the compact partsof flat and stouter silken thread ; this variety is termedBlonde mi-genre. The mantilla, the national headdress of Spanishwomen in Europe and America, is made in both sorts ofblonde, blondes mates…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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