70 back was sold off' (Fig. 83), It is pillow-made, the reseau overcast. Tart of the '* equipage " of the King of Rome excited the admira- tion oi all beholders at the exhibition of I 855. Alencon again Pel] with the firsl empire. No now workers were trained, the old ones died oil, and as it… … Bed made for Napoleon I. but point lace had been replaced by blonde, and the consumption was so small, it was resumed on a very confined scale. So low had it fallen in 1830 that there were only between two and three hundred lace-workers, whose products did not exceed the value of 1200 francs…
Lace and lace making
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