Embroidery and lace : their manufacture and history (1899)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan Summerly, 1846-1934 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 322
II. LACES. 3io laces she had chosen for the Queen, which, after use, revert to the ladies of honour. They consist of coverlets trimmed with point d1 Angleterre for the big bed, and of pillow-cases similarly trimmed. This set of things cost thirty thousand livres, Madame de Luynes not deeming it … Fig. 150.— Application lace, called Angleterre , thousand livres, on pillow-made mesh ground. ~ . Madame de Luynes is to be credited with the exercise of an economy and discretion not displayed by her predecessors in office. Other decorations of a room would match those of the bed. The luxury…
Embroidery · Lace and lace making
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