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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 220

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s lace, we give an esti- Ground [reseau] 2.782 mate of the expense of a fine flounce Footing (engrelurt) 127 (volant), of vrai reseau melange (point —— and plat), 12 metres long by 35 centi- Total . . . 10,859*02 metres wide [Vd\ vards by 14 inches)— p^. = .4-484 7 6 Cost of the plat 1.885-7)… … To face page 124, MECHLIN 125 various faucy stitches introduced. Its distinguishing fea-ture is the cordonnet or flat silky thread which outlines thepattern, and gives to this lace the character of embroidery(hence it is sometimes called Broderie de Malines^); andsecondly, the hexagonal mesh of the…

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