Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 621
their home-made threads we find over andover again. They also altered the Brussels designs, andinstead of the beautiful fillings and open-work stitches,substituted heavy guipure bars. By this period cordonnet or gimp had come into use in Brussels lace. The vraireseau, or pillow-net ground,… … [Monument of Bishop Stafford, Exeter Cathedral. on the pillow. It was from the introduction of these-separate sprigs that Honiton lace was able to compete withBrussels. The pattern in Fig. 153 is sewn on the plainpillow ground,^ which was very beautiful and regular,but very expensive. It was made…
Lace and lace making -- History
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