Lace, ancient and modern : comprising a history of its origin and manufacture, with instructions concerning the manner of making it (1880)
Beebe, C. D., Mrs · New York : Sharps Pub. Co. · leaf 249
LACE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. These illustrations show how the Sorrento bars are used ; they are the simplest of all bars employed in lace- work SORKENTO BARS. SORRENTO BARS. D'Alen^on bars are worked upon a foundation of point de Bruxelles, and are applied to filling in the heavier part of the… … d'alencon BARS. The thread is passed three times over and under the point de Bruxelles stitch, looped to tighten, and then the next bar begun. For the sake of convenience we give, on opposite page, the various point lace stitches in one diagram. No. 1 is point de Bruxelles, or Brussels, simple…
Lace and lace making
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