Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Jourdain, Margaret, Dryden, Alice · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 62
the flowers are connected by irregular threadsovercast (buttonhole stitch), and sometimes worked overwith pearl loops (picot). Such are the points of Venice andSpain and most of the guipures. To these uniting threads,called by our lace-makers pearl ties —old Eandle Holme ^*styles them coxcombs —the… … Passement au Fuseau.—(Yiiiciolo, Edition 1623.) Merletti a Piombim.—(Paiasole, 1616.) and then either worked in or sewn on (applique), as inBrussels. The open-work stitches introduced into the pattern arecalled modes, jours ; by our Devonshire workers, fillings. All lace is terminated by two edges,…
Lace and lace making
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