The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work .. (1860)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley · leaf 199
be done. Work done with French braid hasbeen called by some persons Point Lacet work, a name which (if it has anymeaning at all) signifies point braid work ; and seems to imply that this kind ofwork is not Point Lace. This is an error. Both the materials now known asFrench and Italian braid were… … We give a diagram showing the manner in which lines of braid cross and in- POINT LACE. 195 tersect each other, to form the pattern ; and we would observe, en passant, thateach line is done with a separate piece of braid, that from A to B being onepiece, and from C to D another. French braid,…
Fancy work · Embroidery · Needlework · Decoration and ornament
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