Goldenberg, Samuel L · New York : Brentano's · leaf 65
and was probably com-posed by one of her literary friends. It is a protest against a sumptu-arv law passed in the previous year to check the lavish expenditure onlaces imported from Venice and Italy, and is interesting as an accountof the best laces of that day, among which are Tointes de Genes,… … place in the exalted society of the court. Mesdames les Broderies—Le Poinds, Dentelles, Passemens,Qui par une vaine despence,Ruinoient aujourd hui la France—call an indignation meeting. One of them hotly demands what punish-ment shall be meted out to the court for such treatment—Dites moi je vous…
Lace and lace making
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