Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 226
town, writes Mr. Calderwood, • isfull of convents ; Mechlin lace is all made there ; I saw agreat deal, and very pretty and cheap. They talk of givingup the trade, as the English, upon whom they depended,have taken to the wearing of French blondes. The lacemerchants employ the workers and all the… … Mechi.ix.—(Period Louis XVI.)] itself, but charmino; when worn over colour. It foundgreat favour at the court of the Regent, as the inventoriesof the period attest. Much of this lace, judging fromthese accounts, was made in the style of the modern insertion,with an edging on both sides, campane,…
Lace and lace making -- History
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