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 328
such as Brussels tulle, Mechlintalk, bobbin tulle, tulle illusion, tulle point desprit, etcOriginally, however, tulle was merely a lace of simpleand regular meshes, almost bereft of ornament, and wascalled tulle a fil (thread net). Marli lace no doubt takes its name from the villagebetween… … Fig. 153.—Bit of Modern Brus-sels application lace, withthe roses worked inneedlepoint. sort to be called by 3l6 II. LACES. embellished with light embroidery. It was used forruches and cloud-like, vaporous coverings. Thepatterns of Tulle and Marli lace, whenever there wereany, were composed of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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