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A history of lace (1875)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle · leaf 170

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RY OF LACE. L20 a revers" are trimmed in the same manner, and the fashion even extends to the tops of the boots. Of these lace-trimmed boots, the favourite, Cinq-Mars, left three hundred pairs at his death (1642). From his portrait, after Lenain, which hangs in the National (oil lory of Versailles,… … Cinq-Mars. After his portrait by Lenain. Musee Nationale, Versailles. A large rosette of lace completes the costume of the epoch (Fig. 60). Gold lace shared the favour of the thread fabric on gloves,3' 33 garters, and shoes.34 33 " Quelqucs autrcs do frangez Bordent leur riche cuir, qui vient des…

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