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 318
FlemishGuipures).—The first time thata Flemish lace-maker made aher bobbins upon a flat cushion (fig. 146), itprobably did not occur to her that, by so doing, shehad rendered her country a great service. Still, it isperfectly obvious that this peculiar modification in themaking of pillow lace has,… … Fig. 146. — Pillow-laceflower for appliquelace (Flemish). single flower with 306 II. LACES. tions were small bars of three or four threads plaitedtogether. These bars would sometimes be enrichedwith little loops (picots). Separate ornaments and
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