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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 354

An illustration from History of lace, 1902, leaf 354
ow much made at Burano. Plate LVI.illustrates one of their fine reproductions. ^^ These details on the manufacture ^ Embroidery has replaced this of Argentan have been furnished from industry among the ^^•orkers of the the archives of Alencon through the town and the hand-spinning of hemp kindness… … French. Point dArgentan.—Eighteenth century. Period Louis XV. Needle-point borders. Both these have the hexagonal ground of the genre Argentan. The upper one is chiefly filled in with the oeil de perdrix or reseau rosace. Width, 3| in. The lower one has been pieced together. Width, 7 in. Victoria…

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