Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 326
in thethickness of the cordonnet, which thickens when put intowater. The horsehair edge also draws up the ground, andmakes the lace rigid and heavy. He likewise finds faultwith the modes or fancy stitches of the Alencon, andstates that much point is sent from there to Brussels to havethe modes… … Argentella, or Point [DALENgoN a resbau E-osace.-Period Louis XV. To face page 194. ALEN^ON 195 general designations of points de France ^ it is difficultto say. An eminent writer states the name was continuedtill the Eevolution, but this is a mistake. The last inventoryin which we have found…
Lace and lace making
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