Embroidery and lace : their manufacture and history (1899)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan Summerly, 1846-1934 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 311
299 its sister centres of manufacture, withstood the tempta- tion of imitating the mesh common to Alengon grounds, which for a long time has been employed in almost all other black laces. Black lace, however, has not been in such general demand as white laces. That it possesses characteristic… … Fig. 141. — Chantilly lace (eighteenth century). scarves, for mantles and other articles of outdoor costume, black lace is probably without a rival. After, as it were, making the fortune of Chantilly and the neighbouring districts as far as Gisors, for many years, the black lace industry…
Embroidery · Lace and lace making
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