Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 358
wefind that France led the way in design from the earlyyears of the eighteenth century. Prior to this time,Colbert, the Minister of Louis XIV.—whose far-sighted-ness in the matters of art did so much for France—suc-ceeded in establishing lace-making centres at Alencon,Argentan, Quesnoy, Arras,… … Fig. 281.—Guipure Lace Italian; Seventeenth Century. illustration is that of a lappet of point dAlen90n fabric,which [^is the^-[most elaborate and most expensive of allFrench laces. Another French point lace is that known as point dArgentan, and if not a variety of Alen9on lace,is very much like…
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