s later, Elizabeth of France, on the occasion of her marriage with Philip IL, made purchases in 1559 of “ bisette and trimmings made with white thread of Florence." Judging laces worn at the time by such portraits as that of Henry II. at Versailles (the earliest French painting in which lace is… … Fig. 12 1. — A bobbin or pillow-made passe- or bobbin laces (see ment of the sixteenth century. figs. 12 1 and 122). It comes from the'title of the corporation oi PassementierSy wTo had the monopoly, according to their statutes of 1663 (article 2i), “of making all sorts of passements of lacework on…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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