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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 388

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pattern, which with its flowersand scrolls partakes of the character of the Renaissance,comes out well from the clear reseau ground. ^ French Hainault, French Flanders ^ Photographed in the Album dAr- and Cambresis (the present Dep. du cheologie Beligieuse. It is supposed Nord), with Artois, were… … To face page 230. VALENCIENNES 231 From 1780 downwards, fashion changed. The cheaper:and lighter laces of Brussels, Lille, and Arras, obtained thepreference over the costly and more substantial products ofValenciennes—les eternelles Valenciennes, as they werecalled—while the subsequent…

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