Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 334
the fabric was introduced, in 1855, by ^1. Auguste Lefebure,a manufacturer of that town. Departing from the oldcustom of assigning to each lace-maker a special branchof the work, the lace is here executed through all its stagesby the same worker. Perhaps the finest example of pointdAlen9on… … To face page 200. ALENfON 201 Bayeux fabric; a dress consisting of two flounces, the pat-tern, flowers, and foliage of most artistic and harmoniousdesign, relieved by the new introduction of shaded tints,giving to the lace the relief of a picture.^ The ground(point a Iaiguille) was worked with the^…
Lace and lace making
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